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By himself, Benton wrote Bad Company; in 1978 he co-wrote Superman with Mario Puzo. A native of Waxahachie, TX, where he was born September 29, 1932, Benton began his career in 1956, when he was hired by Esquire magazine in New York. There he met David Newman, who would become his writing partner. The two collaborated for ten years before ...
Visual History with Robert Benton Interviewed by: Michael Pressman Acclaimed Writer-Director Robert Benton traces his career from working as an Editor for Esquire in the 1960’s and co-writing the screenplay for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), to directing Academy Award winning films like Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), offering insight into his writing process and how he works with actors like Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Paul Newman.
Also known as. English. Robert Benton. American screenwriter and film director. Robert Douglas Benton.
Jan 31, 2023 · On a visit to Seattle, Benton waxed philosophic on his cinematic tenets and hopes and on the current state of movie affairs. Paula Nechak (MM): You adapted Nobody’s Fool alone. Generally you have worked with David Newman or Arlene Donovan. Robert Benton: Yes. I began working with David Newman in the early 60’s. We were at Esquire.
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Oscar Noms: Kramer & All That Jazz. Roger Ebert | 1980-02-28. “Kramer vs. Kramer,” the drama of a child custody fight, won nine Academy Award nominations on Monday – and so, in a surprise, did "All That Jazz," about a Broadway director’s self-destruction.
Robert Benton's experience provides a common mode: a successful screenwriter turned director. Benton teamed with another aspiring author, David Newman, to pen the script of Arthur Penn's wildly successful, highly influential Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a film that showed Hollywood how to meld comedy, melodrama, and social commentary.
