Died director and screenwriter Robert Benton

Robert Benton, director, screenwriter and three times award -winning Oscar died in New York, at the age of 92. Robert Benton’s son, John Benton, said the director died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan for “natural causes”. Triple Oscar -winning, Benton won awards for the script and directing of the film “Kramer vs. Kramer”. Oscar’s third came from the script of the 1985 film “One Places in the Heart). Robert Benton was born in Guhachaci, Texas and studied fine arts at the University of Texas. He did postgraduate studies in Columbia with the aim of becoming a painter. At the same time he was trying to make a living as a cartoonist. His first professional success came when he was hired as an assistant artistic director in Esquire magazine to later take up the post of artistic director (1958-64). Benton worked with dozens of actors, many of whom won an Oscar starring in a film he directed. Dustin Hoffman […]
Source: News Beast

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