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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. He directed other feature films including Twilight, Bad Company and Nobody's Fool.
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- Waxahachie, Texas, USA
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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 (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.
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman. Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan. Votes: 12,960 | Gross: $34.90M.
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2. The Late Show. 1977 1h 33m PG. 6.9 (3.3K) Rate. A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner. Director Robert Benton Stars Art Carney Lily Tomlin Bill Macy.
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