Oscar-winning director, Robert Benton passes away

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning director of many famous movies, has passed away at the age of 92.

The longtime assistant and manager of the Kramer vs Kramer director, confirmed his death and as per the son of Benton, John, he revealed that his father passed away in his home, in Manhattan due to natural causes.

Benton has two Academy Awards to his name, first for Kramer vs Kramer in the category of Best Director and Best Screenplay for the film based on Material from Another Medium.

The film also won Best Picture, Dustin Hoffman was named Best Actor and Meryl Streep bagged her award in the category of Best Supporting Actress.

Though, Benton’s first steps in the entertainment industry began when he got his co-writing credit for the 1967 classic, Bonnie and Clyde, which won two Oscars and caused his hype in Hollywood.

Previously, the celebrated director has revealed that his life before making it big in the industry was “working as an art director at Esquire and I got fired. I decided to write a screenplay. I am dyslexic. I cannot spell or punctuate. I knew a young editor at Esquire, a wonderful writer, David Newman. I sold him on the glamorous life of the Hollywood screenwriter.”

His other works include being a writer on Superman, as well as contributions to What’s Up, Doc?, The Late Show, Still of the Night and Places in the Heart, the latter of which landed him his third Oscar.

Feast of Love, starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear marked Robert Benton’s last film as a director and was released back in 2007.