Awards & Winners

Robert Benton

Date of Birth 29-September-1932
Place of Birth Waxahachie
(Ellis County, Texas)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Robert Douglas Benton, Robert Douglas Benton
Profession Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer
Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and film director. He won the Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director for Kramer vs. Kramer and won a third Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Places in the Heart. Benton also garnered three additional Oscar nominations: two for Best Original Screenplay for both Bonnie and Clyde and The Late Show and one for Best Adapted Screenplay for Nobody's Fool. He has also directed Twilight and Feast of Love and co-wrote the screenplays for Superman and The Ice Harvest. Benton usually collaborates with novelist/screenwriter Richard Russo.

Awards by Robert Benton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Robert Benton.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay The Ice Harvest

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Nobody's Fool

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Places in the Heart
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Places in the Heart
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Places in the Heart

1984


Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Honored for : Places in the Heart

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director Places in the Heart
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Places in the Heart
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Places in the Heart

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay Still of the Night

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Direction Kramer vs. Kramer
César Award for Best Foreign Film Kramer vs. Kramer
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay Kramer vs. Kramer

1980


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama Kramer vs. Kramer
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture Kramer vs. Kramer
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Kramer vs. Kramer

1979


DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
Academy Award for Best Director
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
Honored for : Kramer vs. Kramer
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Honored for : Superman

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Kramer vs. Kramer
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy Superman
Academy Award for Best Director Kramer vs. Kramer
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director Kramer vs. Kramer
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Kramer vs. Kramer
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Kramer vs. Kramer
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Superman

1978


Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Honored for : The Late Show

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama The Late Show
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay The Late Show

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Late Show

1973


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy
Honored for : What's Up, Doc?

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama Bad Company
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy What's Up, Doc?

1968


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
Honored for : Bonnie and Clyde
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama
Honored for : Bonnie and Clyde

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Bonnie and Clyde
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama Bonnie and Clyde
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Bonnie and Clyde

1967


National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Bonnie and Clyde

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Bonnie and Clyde
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Bonnie and Clyde