Robert Benton
Born in Waxahachie, Texas, USA — Sep 29 1932• Died May 11 2025
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Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 - May 11, 2025) was 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. Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing. He was also the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust, as did a number o…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Superman
Writing
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
Kramer vs. Kramer
Directing
Bonnie and Clyde
Writing
Places in the Heart
Directing
The Ice Harvest
Production
Twilight
Directing
The Human Stain
Directing
What's Up, Doc?
Writing
Nobody's Fool
Directing
Feast of Love
Directing
Bad Company
Directing
The Late Show
Directing
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Writing
Nadine
Directing
Billy Bathgate
Directing
Still of the Night
Directing
There Was a Crooked Man...
Writing
The House on Carroll Street
Production
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
Oh! Calcutta!
Writing
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Wanderlust
Himself
Death Valley
Duke
Godard Made in USA
Self
A Texas Romance, 1909
Directing
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self