Robert Benton

Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director. He has won numerous awards for both writing and directing in film.
Early life.
Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University.
Career.
In 1959, he co-wrote the book "The IN and OUT Book" with Harvey Schmidt, published by The Viking Press. He was the art director at "Esquire" in the early 1960s.
Benton won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director for "Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979) and Best Original Screenplay for "Places in the Heart" (1984).
Benton garnered three additional Oscar nominations: two for Best Original Screenplay for both "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and "The Late Show" (1977) and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Nobody's Fool" (1994).
He also directed "Twilight" (1998) and "Feast of Love" (2007), and co-wrote the screenplays for "Superman" (1978) and "The Ice Harvest" (2005).
In 2006, he appeared in the documentary "Wanderlust".
Personal life.
He married artist Sallie Rendig in 1964.