Robert Benton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

Robert Douglas Benton was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Oscar 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 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the 1984 film Places in the Heart.

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