Robert Benton
Writing
Born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Godard Made in USA
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Feast of Love
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Wanderlust
Himself
The Ice Harvest
The Human Stain
Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
Twilight
Nobody's Fool
Billy Bathgate
The House on Carroll Street
Nadine
Places in the Heart
Still of the Night
Kramer vs. Kramer
Superman
The Late Show
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Bad Company
Oh! Calcutta!
What's Up, Doc?
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
There Was a Crooked Man...
Bonnie and Clyde
A Texas Romance, 1909
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Death Valley
Duke