Robert Benton, filmmaker who overcame childhood dyslexia and became an Oscar-winning director known for 'Kramer vs. Kramer' ...

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules of Hollywood as co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and ...

It won in five categories: Director and Adapted Screenplay, for Benton; Picture, for Stanley Jaffe; Supporting Actress, for Streep; and Actor, for Hoffman. Five years later came Places in the Heart.

Robert Benton, the much-admired screenwriter turned director who co-wrote Bonnie and Clyde and received a pair of Academy ...

Nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1980, it took home five: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Benton).

Robert Benton, the beloved Oscar winner behind Kramer vs. Kramer and Bonnie and Clyde, died Sunday. The screenwriter and director’s longtime manager Marisa Forzano revealed the news to The New ...

Robert Benton, the three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker known for directing the 1979 best picture winner Kramer vs. Kramer and co-writing the groundbreaking Bonnie and Clyde, died Sunday in ...

As a director, Benton demonstrated a unique ability to extract Oscar-nominated performances from his actors. In fact, Dustin ...

Three-time Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Robert Benton, who helmed the 1979 best picture Oscar winner “Kramer vs. Kramer” as well as such films as “The Late Show,” “Places in ...

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of ...

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning writer-director of Kramer Vs. Kramer, died at his home on Sunday, his longtime assistant and manager Marisa Forzano confirmed to The New York Times. He was 92 ...

Susan Benton, 75, left this world on March 13, 2025. Sue is deeply missed by her son John, sister Debra, sister-in-law Patricia. She was predeceased by her parents John and Marcelyn, brother ...