Robert Benton, beloved Oscar winner Kramer vs. Kramer and Bonnie and Clydedied on Sunday. Marisa Forzano, long-time manager of screenwriter and director, The New York Times Tuesday. He is 92 years old.
Benton has been a three-time Academy Award winner and seven-time nominee. His 1979 film, Kramer vs. Kramerearned him an Oscar for Best Director and Best Screenplay, while its stars Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep received performance honors.
In 1985, Benton won the third Oscar and won the Best Original Script The place in my heartThis is an autobiographical film based on grandmother’s experience in the Great Depression. Benton told the Associated Press while discussing the film.
Throughout his career, Benton has established a long-term partnership with the late David Newman, who worked with Benton in 1977 in 1977 Party and No one is a fool In 1994. The couple also wrote together Bonnie and ClydeThis is directed by Arthur Penn and became an instant classic after its release in 1967. Benton was nominated for the Oscar for Best Screenplay, a photo about real-life bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
Benton was born near Dallas, Waxahachie, Texas. His early memories of the movie revolve around his father, who would take his family to the movie after school. Benton told Texas Monthly In 1998, his readers, his mother played with the teacher. He will continue to study at the University of Texas and after earning his advanced bachelor’s degree in art, he will go to Columbia University to pursue a master’s degree in art history and then be selected for the U.S. Army. He's been gentleman Before starting his film career.
Benton's last three directed films were in 2003 Human stains With Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins, and A feast of love In 2007, it included Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell and Jane Alexander.
"I took a short film because of my dys-of-attention, so I did a short film. I don't think I've ever done a photo and I haven't sacrificed what I really like," Benton said in an interview in 2007. Seattle Times. When reflecting on his work, he said, “A lot of what I learned about life is what I learned from movies, for better or worse.”