On May 11th local time, Robert Benton, an American director who won three Oscars for "Kramer vs. Kramer", died in New York, USA at the age of 92.
Robert Benton
Benton is a famous American filmmaker whose career spans more than half a century. He has worked as a director, screenwriter and producer, and is known for his profound social insights and delicate narrative style.
Benton was born in Texas on September 29, 1932. He was an art editor for Esquire magazine. In 1967, he co-wrote the script for Bonnie and Clyde with David Newman and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the first time, thus entering the film industry.
Stills from "Kramer vs. Kramer"
In 1980, Benton's "Kramer vs. Kramer" won three awards at the 52nd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The performances of the leading actors Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep in the film also became classics.
In 1985, Benton's "Inside My Heart" was nominated for the 57th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. The film also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival that year.
Benton's representative works also include: "The Human Stain", "The Greatest Foolish Man", "The Feast of Love", etc., covering topics such as family ethics, social reality and suspense and thriller.
Benton gradually withdrew from the film industry after directing "The Feast of Love" in 2007. In recent years, his works such as "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Bonnie and Clyde" have been re-screened in art theaters around the world, becoming a model for film history research.
