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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.
- Film director, screenwriter, producer
- 1967–2007
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- Robert Douglas Benton, September 29, 1932 (age 91), Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.
Robert Benton is an American screenwriter and filmmaker who won two Oscars for Kramer vs. Kramer. He also wrote Bonnie & Clyde, Superman and Oh! Calcutta!, and directed Twilight, Nobody's Fool and Places in the Heart.
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Robert Benton 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 the.
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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. He is married to Sallie Rendig since 1964.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- September 29, 1932
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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. The event is part of ...
Robert Benton is an American screenwriter and film director who won Oscars for Kramer vs. Kramer and Places in the Heart. He also wrote and directed Bonnie and Clyde, Superman, and The Ice Harvest.
Sep 27, 2007 · 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 gentle voice. The veteran filmmaker ...