Robert Douglas Benton was an American film director and screenwriter, born in Dallas, Texas, on 29 September 1932 and died on 11 May 2025. Along with his co-writer David Newman he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. In 1979 he wrote and directed the film Kramer vs. Kramer, winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and he won another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1984 film Places in the Heart.
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He won another Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1984 film Places in the Heart.
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