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  1. Robert Benton. 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.

  2. May 6, 2024 · 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. In 1958 he became the art director of Esquire magazine, but he switched in 1964 to.

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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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  4. Robert Benton. Writer: Kramer vs. Kramer. 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. He is married to Sallie Rendig ...

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    • September 29, 1932
  5. 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] Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both ...

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  7. Sep 27, 2007 · Benton’s next directing project, he hopes, will be an adaptation of John O’Hara’s novel “Appointment in Samarra,” as well as development of a screenplay he’s co-writing with his son John.

  8. Born: Robert Douglas Benton in Waxahachie, Texas, 29 September 1932. Education: University of Texas, and at Columbia University, New York City.

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