Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is 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.[1] 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.
Known for
WritingBirthday
September 29, 1932Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
27Place of birth
Waxahachie, Texas, USACast credits
Crew credits
Superman
ScreenplayThe Human Stain
DirectorNobody's Fool
Screenplay, DirectorWhat's Up, Doc?
ScreenplayBad Company
Director, WriterKramer vs. Kramer
Screenplay, DirectorStill of the Night
Screenplay, Director, StoryTwilight
Writer, DirectorBilly Bathgate
DirectorThere Was a Crooked Man...
WriterPlaces in the Heart
Director, WriterFeast of Love
DirectorThe Late Show
Screenplay, DirectorNadine
Director, WriterThe Ice Harvest
Screenplay, Executive ProducerBonnie and Clyde
WriterIt's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Theatre PlayThe House on Carroll Street
Executive ProducerA Texas Romance, 1909
Director