# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-benton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:15:55.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-benton"
name: "Robert Benton"
slug: "robert-benton"
description: "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."
tagline: "American screenwriter and film director (1932–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Cropped_Photo_of_Robert_Benton.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1932-09-29"
deathDate: "2025-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump