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Robert Benton

1932Waxahachie, Texas, USA27 Movies3 TV Shows

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.

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Godard Made in USA

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Feast of Love

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Wanderlust

The Ice Harvest

The Human Stain

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

Twilight

Nobody's Fool

Billy Bathgate

The House on Carroll Street

Nadine

Places in the Heart

Still of the Night

Kramer vs. Kramer

Superman

The Late Show

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Bad Company

Oh! Calcutta!

What's Up, Doc?

There Was a Crooked Man...

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A Texas Romance, 1909

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