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Robert Benton

Robert Benton

Writer 14 / Director 11 / Actor 2 · 1967 – 2007 · 🎬 27 · 🇺🇸 United States

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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