Robert Benton

Known for WritingBorn 1932-09-29Died 2025-05-11Waxahachie, 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. 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, who settled in Virginia in 1635. Benton was once a noble family, but they became commoners after the Norman invasion. Robert Benton still has relatives living in England who trace their origins to the seventeenth century. Other prominent Bentons include: Thomas Hart Benton and William Burnett Benton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Benton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Le Grand Échiquier

Kramer vs. Kramer

Bonnie and Clyde

What's Up, Doc?

Places in the Heart

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Superman

Nobody's Fool

There Was a Crooked Man...

Feast of Love

The Merv Griffin Show

Bad Company

Twilight

The Late Show

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

The Human Stain

The Ice Harvest

Wanderlust

The House on Carroll Street

Billy Bathgate

Still of the Night

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Nadine

Death Valley

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

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Oh! Calcutta!

Godard Made in USA

A Texas Romance, 1909