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    Robert Benton

    American screenwriter and film director

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  1. 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.

  2. Jul 28, 2008 · Mr. Benton has earned three Academy Awards: one for adapted screenplay for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” one for original screenplay for “Places In the Heart,” and one for directing “Kramer vs. Kramer.”...

  3. 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. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. [1]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Apr 29, 2013 · April 29, 2013 4:20pm. During the fourth annual TCM Classic Film Festival, which just came to a close after running in Hollywood from Thursday through Sunday, I had the opportunity to sit down with...

  6. The Fall Guy. Civil War. Play Movie Trivia. Robert Benton. Highest Rated: 95% The Late Show (1977) Lowest Rated: 36% Billy Bathgate (1991) Birthday: Sep 29, 1932. Birthplace: Waxahachie, Texas,...

  7. Sep 27, 2007 · “Feast of Love,” his 11th film as a director, is his fifth based on a novel. Benton read Charles Baxter’s book several years ago and loved it immediately. “It’s a great book,” he said, “and the...

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