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Robert Benton
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)…
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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.
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2010
Godard Made in USA
Movie Self
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2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV show Self
- 2008
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2008
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Movie Self
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2007
Feast of Love
Movie Director
- 2006
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2006
Wanderlust
Movie Himself
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2005
The Ice Harvest
Movie Executive Producer
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2003
The Human Stain
Movie Director
- 2001
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1998
Twilight
Movie Director
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1994
Nobody's Fool
Movie Director
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1992
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Movie Self
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1991
Billy Bathgate
Movie Director
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1988
The House on Carroll Street
Movie Executive Producer
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1987
Nadine
Movie Director
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1984
Places in the Heart
Movie Director
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1982
Still of the Night
Movie Director
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1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie Director
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1978
Superman
Movie Screenplay
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1977
The Late Show
Movie Director
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1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Movie Writer
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1972
Bad Company
Movie Director
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1972
Oh! Calcutta!
Movie Writer
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1972
What's Up, Doc?
Movie Screenplay
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie Writer
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1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Movie Writer
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1964
A Texas Romance, 1909
Movie Director
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1946
Death Valley
Movie Duke
