Writing • AGE 92
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 ...


Godard Made in USA
Self
2010

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2008

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
2008

Feast of Love
Director
2007

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
2006

Wanderlust
Himself
2006

The Ice Harvest
Executive Producer
2005

The Human Stain
Director
2003

Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
Self
2001

Twilight
Director
1998

Nobody's Fool
Director
1994

Billy Bathgate
Director
1991

The House on Carroll Street
Executive Producer
1988

Nadine
Director
1987

Places in the Heart
Director
1984

Still of the Night
Director
1982

Kramer vs. Kramer
Screenplay
1979

Superman
Screenplay
1978

The Late Show
Director
1977

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Writer
1975

Bad Company
Director
1972

Oh! Calcutta!
Writer
1972

What's Up, Doc?
Screenplay
1972

Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972

There Was a Crooked Man...
Writer
1970

Bonnie and Clyde
Writer
1967

A Texas Romance, 1909
Director
1964

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

Death Valley
Duke
1946