THE LATE SHOW

Robert Benton

(Waxahachie, USA, 1932 – New York, USA, 2025) began working as a journalist in the late 1950s, and debuted as a screenwriter in the mid-‘60s with the script for the landmark Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn, followed by the scripts for the western by Joseph L. Mankiewics There Was a Crooked Man… (1970) and the comedy by Peter Bogdanovich What’s Up, Doc? In 1972, he debuted as a director with the western Bad Company, The Late Show, and, in particular, Kramer vs. Kramer (which won five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Dustin Hoffman, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Meryl Streep), and become one of Hollywood’s most-appreciated directors. He won another Oscar in the 1980s for the screenplay of Places in the Heart (for which Sally Field also received an Oscar) and remained a dependable and independent director and screenwriter, also working with Hoffman (Billy Bathgate) and filming with Paul Newman (Nobody’s Fool and Twilight).

FILMOGRAFIA

Bad Company (Cattive compagnie, 1972), The Late Show (L’occhio privato, 1977), Kramer vs Kramer (Kramer contro Kramer, 1979), Still of the Night (Una lama nel buio, 1982), Places in the Heart (Le stagioni del cuore, 1984), Nadine (Nadine, un amore a prova di proiettile, 1987), Billy Bathgate (Billy Bathgate - A scuola di gangster, 1991), Nobody’s Fool (La vita a modo mio, 1994), Twilight (id., 1998), The Human Stain (La macchia umana, 2003), Feast of Love (2007).