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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.
- Film director, screenwriter, producer
- 1967–2007
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- Robert Douglas Benton, September 29, 1932 (age 91), Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.
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
Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932, Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.) American filmmaker who directed and wrote a number of acclaimed movies, including Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Early films. Benton served in the U.S. Army in the 1950s, and during this time he painted dioramas.
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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.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- September 29, 1932
Jul 28, 2008 · The door will creak open a bit this Friday evening at 7 p.m. when “An Evening with Robert Benton” gets underway at the Avram Theater at the Stony Brook Southampton campus.
Executive Producer. 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.
Sep 27, 2007 · Share story. By. Moira Macdonald. Seattle Times arts critic. “A lot of what I’ve learned about life is what I’ve learned, for better or worse, from movies,” said Robert Benton, in his ...
