Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. In 1979, he wrote and directed the film Kramer vs. Kramer, winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1984 film Places in the Heart.
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🎬 Movies
Feast of Love
director
2007
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
actor
2006
The Ice Harvest
writer
2005
The Human Stain
director
2003
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
actor
2001
Twilight
director
1998
Twilight
writer
1998
Nobody's Fool
writer
1994
Nobody's Fool
director
1994
Billy Bathgate
director
1991
Nadine
writer
1987
Nadine
director
1987
Places in the Heart
director
1984
Places in the Heart
writer
1984
Still of the Night
writer
1982
Still of the Night
director
1982
Kramer vs. Kramer
director
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
writer
1979
Superman
writer
1978
The Late Show
writer
1977
The Late Show
director
1977
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
writer
1975
Bad Company
writer
1972
Bad Company
director
1972
What's Up, Doc?
writer
1972
There Was a Crooked Man...
writer
1970
Bonnie and Clyde
writer
1967