Robert Benton

Director

Robert Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, United States on September 29th, 1932 and is the Director. At the age of 91, Robert Benton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
September 29, 1932
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Waxahachie, Texas, United States
Age
91 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Profession
Film Director, Screenwriter, Writer
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Sallie Rendig, ​ ​(after 1964)​
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Robert Benton Career

In 1959, he co-wrote the book The IN and OUT Book with Harvey Schmidt, published by The Viking Press. He was the art director at Esquire in the early 1960s.

Benton won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Best Original Screenplay for Places in the Heart (1984).

Benton garnered three additional Oscar nominations: two for Best Original Screenplay for both Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and The Late Show (1977) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Nobody's Fool (1994).

He also directed Twilight (1998) and Feast of Love (2007), and co-wrote the screenplays for Superman (1978) and The Ice Harvest (2005).

In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust.

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