At the age of 92, American writer and director Robert Benton died on Sunday, who also has an Oscar award -winning film Kramer Versus Kramer. Referring to the New York Times, AFP reported on Wednesday night.
Benton, the admirer of the French new wave in the film, influenced mainly cinematography of the 60th and 1970s. This former artistic director of Esquire magazine was – before his Hollywood career – the New York Times, described as the successor of French director François Truffaut, whose studies in Hollywood originally addressed with a proposal for the director of Kramer vs. Kramer.
This 1979 film offered an unusual view of divorce and affliction when parents are fighting for their son’s care, and became one of the most appreciated films of his time. He won nine Oscar nominations, and was finally successful in five categories: directed and screenplay, the best performance in the men’s chief role (Dustin Hoffman), the best -like actress (Meryl Streep) and the best film.
Benton also became famous for the co -authorship of the screenplay for the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967) – In the main roles with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty – about the famous couple, who in the 1930s robbed banks. He was also co -author of Superman (1978), Where Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando and Margot Kidder played.
Benton wrote and directed several film adaptations of novels, which is the irony of fate for a person who In his childhood he suffered from severe dyslexia, which prevented him from reading more than a few pages of the text at a time.
As the director was also reminded of the films of places in the heart (1984) – The story of the Texas widow, which is trying to survive a major economic crisis. He won an Oscar for the best original screenplay and Sally Field was awarded this film prize in the Best Actress category.
During his career Benton directed only about ten feature films, but in Hollywood he had respect for his talent and humility. “There are directors who can make great performances out of the actors. I am not one of them,” He told reporters in interviews he rarely provided.
