- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- September 29, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Waxahachie, Texas, USA
- Died
- May 11, 2025
Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 - May 11, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing. He was also the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust, as did a number of other well-known people. Benton's family originally hailed from Northumberland in Great Britain, where the Bentons held a seat long before the Norman Conquest. Many family members settled in America, including Abigail and Isabel Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton, who settled in Barbados in 1669; and Robert Benton, …
Filmography
movieGodard Made in USA
2010 · Self
tvMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
moviePublic Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · Self
movieRevolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008 · Self
movieFeast of Love
2007 · Director
movieYou Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006 · Self
movieWanderlust
2006 · Himself
movieThe Ice Harvest
2005 · Executive Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Human Stain
2003 · Director
movieFinding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
2001 · Self
movieTwilight
1998 · Director, Writer
movieNobody's Fool
1994 · Director, Screenplay
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
movieCinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
1992 · Self
movieBilly Bathgate
1991 · Director
movieThe House on Carroll Street
1988 · Executive Producer
movieNadine
1987 · Director, Writer
moviePlaces in the Heart
1984 · Director, Writer
movieStill of the Night
1982 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieKramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Screenplay, Director
movieSuperman
1978 · Screenplay
movieThe Late Show
1977 · Director, Writer
movieIt's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975 · Writer, Theatre Play
movieBad Company
1972 · Director, Writer
movieOh! Calcutta!
1972 · Writer
movieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972 · Screenplay
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Writer
movieBonnie and Clyde
1967 · Writer
movieA Texas Romance, 1909
1964 · Director
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieDeath Valley
1946 · Duke