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Robert Benton is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the films Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), both of which earned him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Robert Benton. Jump to 31 wins & 25 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1995 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published ...
Robert Benton's experience provides a common mode: a successful screenwriter turned director. Benton teamed with another aspiring author, David Newman, to pen the script of Arthur Penn's wildly successful, highly influential Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a film that showed Hollywood how to meld comedy, melodrama, and social commentary.
Mar 20, 2024 · Robert Springfellow, 68, of Benton, passed away Feb. 2, 2024. He was born on Aug. 15, 1955. Family is asked to please contact Smith-Benton Funeral Home at 501-778-7100. Online guestbook: www.SmithFam
His father, aware of his son’s struggles in school, would regularly take a young Robert to the movies, and it was there that the future Oscar winner would learn the skills of narratives and storytelling -- not from books or novels. Watch this interview with Robert Benton about how dyslexia affected his career.
Dec 22, 1972 · Bad Company: Directed by Robert Benton. With Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston. A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west
Jun 28, 2003 · David Newman, the screenwriter who collaborated with the director Robert Benton on the groundbreaking crime-spree film ''Bonnie and Clyde,'' died yesterday in Manhattan. He was 66. The cause was a ...
