Birthday: September 29, 2032
Director and screenwriter Robert Benton may not have achieved the legendary mainstream status associated with his peers Scorsese and Coppola, but this idiosyncratic filmmaker and screenwriter has had more than his share of major successes on the silver screen. Benton's best-known film as a director is Kramer vs. Kramer, the 1979 winner of five Academy Awards, including Best ...more- 1994
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Nobody's Fool
- nom
- 1985
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Silver Bear for Best Director
- Places in the Heart
- win
- 1984
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Screenplay
- Places in the Heart
- win
- 1984
- New York Film Critics Circle
- Best Screenplay
- Places in the Heart
- win
- 1984
- Directors Guild of America
- Best Director
- Places in the Heart
- nom
- 2009
- Appointment in Samarra
- Director
- 2007
- Feast of Love
- Director
- 2005
- The Ice Harvest
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- The Ice Harvest
- Screenwriter
- 2003
- The Human Stain
- Director















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