Robert Benton
Cast · Director · Writer
- Born
- September 29, 1932 · Dallas, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 11, 2025
- Birth name
- Robert Douglass Benton
Robert Douglass Benton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker born in Dallas, Texas but raised in Waxahachie, Texas who was known for screenwriting Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart, and Superman. He won two Academy Awards for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer, and another Academy Award for writing Places in the Heart. He directed other feature films including Twilight, Bad Company and Nobody's Fool. He was married to Sallie Rendigs from 1964 to her death in 2023.
Cast
- 2024FayeSelf - Writer (archiveFootage)
- 2010Godard Made in USASelf
- 2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf
- 2009Hollywood's Best Film DirectorsFilm Director
- 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
- 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'Self
- 2006You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of SupermanSelf
- 2006WanderlustSelf
- 2006Cracking the Story: Beneath 'The Ice Harvest'Self
- 2004The Annual National Board of Review AwardsSelf - Winner
- 2003Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque TributeSelf
- 2003The Annual Hollywood Film AwardsSelf
- 2001Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'Self
- 1998Magic Time for PiotrSelf
- 1998Bravo ProfilesSelf
- 1995The 47th Annual Writers Guild AwardsSelf
- 1994A Great Day in HarlemSelf (uncredited)
- 1994Homeward BoundSelf
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1992Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New WaveSelf
- 1987Moving Image Salutes Elia KazanSelf
- 1985The 57th Annual Academy AwardsSelf - Winner & Nominee
- 1985Moving Image Salutes Sidney LumetSelf
- 1984Cinema 3Self - Interviewee
- 1982De películaSelf - Interviewee
- 1981Entertainment TonightSelf
- 1980The 37th Annual Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1980The 52nd Annual Academy AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1980ValkokangasSelf - ohjaaja
- 1978The 50th Annual Academy AwardsSelf - Nominee
- 1972Le grand échiquierSelf
- 1970On location with There Was a Crooked Man.Self
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf - Guest
- —Cries of the HeartSelf
Director
- 2007Feast of Love
- 2003The Human Stain
- 1998Twilight
- 1994Nobody's Fool
- 1991Billy Bathgate
- 1987Nadine
- 1984Places in the Heart
- 1982Still of the Night
- 1979Kramer vs. Kramer
- 1977The Late Show
- 1972Bad Company
- 1964A Texas Romance, 1909
Writer
- 2005The Ice Harvest
- 1998Twilight
- 1994Nobody's Fool
- 1987Nadine
- 1984Places in the Heart
- 1982Still of the Night
- 1979Kramer vs. Kramer
- 1978Superman
- 1977The Late Show
- 1975It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!
- 1972What's Up, Doc?
- 1972Bad Company
- 1972Oh! Calcutta!
- 1970There Was a Crooked Man...
- 1967Bonnie and Clyde
- 1966The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman
- —North of Cheyenne