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Robert Benton
American screenwriter and film director (1932-2025) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 92
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.
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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2025Died11 May 20252007Laurel Award for Screenwriting AchievementAward1985Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward1980Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAwardDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature FilmAward1979Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward1978Edgar AwardsAward1932Born29 September 1932
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Margo Martindale Robert directed The Human Stain (2003)
Michael Hausman Produced Places in the Heart and Nobody's Fool
Gene Hackman Robert directed Twilight (1998)
Meryl Streep Robert directed Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Nicole Kidman Robert directed The Human Stain (2003)
Bruce Willis Robert directed Nobody's Fool and Billy Bathgate
Paul Newman Robert directed Nobody's Fool and Twilight
Dustin Hoffman Robert directed Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Jeff Bridges Robert directed Nadine and Bad Company
Ed Harris Robert directed Places in the Heart (1985)
Jane Alexander Robert directed Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Richard Russo Also in Nobody's Fool and Twilight
Josef Sommer Robert directed Nobody's Fool (1994)- Stanley R. Jaffe Produced Bad Company and Kramer vs. Kramer
Jessica Tandy Robert directed Still of the Night (1983)
M. Emmet Walsh Robert directed Twilight (1998)
Robert F. Colesberry Produced Billy Bathgate (1991)
Jay Patterson Also in Places in the Heart and Nadine- Alice Drummond Robert directed Nobody's Fool (1995)
Morgan Freeman Robert directed Feast of Love (2007)
Anthony Hopkins Robert directed The Human Stain (2003)
Susan Sarandon Robert directed Twilight (1998)
Kim Basinger Robert directed Nadine (1987)
John Malkovich Robert directed Places in the Heart (1985)
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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.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2025 · aged 92
