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Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director. A seven-time Academy Award nominee and three-time winner, he is best known as the writer and director of the film Kramer vs. Kramer, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and filmmaker from Waxahachie, Texas who is known for screenwriting Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer and Superman. He won two Academy Awards for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer.
Jul 28, 2008 · Two of his “smaller” films open a window to what led Mr. Benton into a film career. “The Late Show” and “Twilight” are almost bookends: The small-budget former film, with Art Carney ...
On April 27, 2021, three-time Oscar-winning writer/director Robert Benton ("Kramer vs. Kramer," "Places in the Heart") joined Hawk Koch on MPTF Studios' Crea...
Oct 20, 2016 · Robert Benton is the screenwriter behind such classics as KRAMER VS KRAMER, BONNIE AND CLYDE, and SUPERMAN. Originally born in Texas, Benton went on to atten...
Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and filmmaker from Waxahachie, Texas who is known for screenwriting Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer and Superman. He won two Academy Awards for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer.
Robert Benton is an American filmmaker who directed and wrote a number of acclaimed movies, including Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Benton served in the U.S. Army in the 1950s, and during this time he painted dioramas.
Apr 29, 2013 · The 80-year-old, a three-time Oscar winner, is best known as one of the writers of Arthur Penn‘s Bonnie and Clyde (1967); the writer-director of Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Places...
Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director. Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee.
Acclaimed Writer-Director Robert Benton traces his career from working as an Editor for Esquire in the 1960’s and co-writing the screenplay for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), to directing Academy Award winning films like Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), offering insight into his writing process and how he works with actors ...