Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”...
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 ...
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Robert Benton - Director. Nationality: American. Born: Robert Douglas Benton in Waxahachie, Texas, 29 September 1932. Education: University of Texas, and at Columbia University, New York City. Military Service: Served in U.S. Army, 1954–56. Family: Married Sally Rendigs, 1964, one son.
Writer-director Robert Benton, who was born in Dallas, won two Academy awards for 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer. His fifteenth feature, Twilight, starring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, and Gene...
Jan 12, 2004 · Former Esquire editor Robert Benton made a memorable entry into movies when he won an Oscar for co-writing Bonnie And Clyde. He later won directing and screenwriting Oscars for Kramer Vs.
