FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Benton

1932 - 2025

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Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025) was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Oscar 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 Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Benton is the 149th most popular film director (up from 387th in 2019), the 1,251st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,468th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Benton ranks 149 out of 2,041. Before him are Volker Schlöndorff, Bille August, Jim Jarmusch, Nikita Mikhalkov, Wong Kar-wai, and Ang Lee. After him are Erich von Stroheim, Masaki Kobayashi, Alexander Dovzhenko, Lasse Hallström, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Marcel Carné.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Benton ranks 62. Before him are Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Ryszard Kapuściński, Robert Mundell, Hiroaki Sato, Ted Kennedy, and Stephen Covey. After him are Stéphane Audran, Oliver E. Williamson, Robert Vaughn, Tomohiko Ikoma, Donald Rumsfeld, and Francis Lai. Among people deceased in 2025, Robert Benton ranks 29. Before him are Richard Williamson, Dražen Dalipagić, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Geneviève Page, and Roberta Flack. After him are Denis Law, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Peter Lax, Violeta Chamorro, Jochen Mass, and Costas Simitis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Benton ranks 1,251 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty Ford (1918), Brendan Fraser (1968), Eliot Ness (1903), Mickey Rooney (1920), Leon Festinger (1919), and Tom Waits (1949). After him are John C. Mather (1946), Wyatt Earp (1848), Robert E. Howard (1906), Raymond Moody (1944), E. O. Wilson (1929), and John Dickinson (1732).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Benton ranks 45. Before him are David Fincher (1962), Michael Cimino (1939), George A. Romero (1940), Terrence Malick (1943), Jonathan Demme (1944), and Jim Jarmusch (1953). After him are Don Siegel (1912), Tom Holland (1943), Spike Lee (1957), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Robert Wise (1914), and Alan J. Pakula (1928).

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