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Robert Benton

★ Writing #468

1932 - 2025 (age 92) • Writing

Born: 9/29/1932 in Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Died: 5/11/2025 (age 92)

Known for: Writing

Robert Benton

★ Writing #468

Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 - May 11, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director.

Known For

Superman

72%

Screenplay

1978

Kramer vs. Kramer

76%

Screenplay

1979

Bonnie and Clyde

75%

Writer

1967

The Human Stain

60%

Director

2003

What's Up, Doc?

74%

Screenplay

1972

Nobody's Fool

69%

Director

1994

The Ice Harvest

59%

Executive Producer

2005

Feast of Love

62%

Director

2007

Godard Made in USA

Self

2010

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

54%

Self

2010

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

69%

Self

2008

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

46%

Self

2008

Feast of Love

62%

Director

2007

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

60%

Self

2006

Wanderlust

59%

Himself

2006

The Ice Harvest

59%

Executive Producer

2005

The Ice Harvest

59%

Screenplay

2005

The Human Stain

60%

Director

2003

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

50%

Self

2001

Twilight

61%

Writer

1998

Twilight

61%

Director

1998

Nobody's Fool

69%

Director

1994

Nobody's Fool

69%

Screenplay

1994

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

33%

Self

1992

Billy Bathgate

58%

Director

1991

The House on Carroll Street

59%

Executive Producer

1988

Nadine

54%

Director

1987

Nadine

54%

Writer

1987

Places in the Heart

72%

Director

1984

Places in the Heart

72%

Writer

1984

Still of the Night

57%

Director

1982

Still of the Night

57%

Screenplay

1982

Still of the Night

57%

Story

1982

Kramer vs. Kramer

76%

Screenplay

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

76%

Director

1979

Superman

72%

Screenplay

1978