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Robert Benton, Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Behind ‘Kramer vs. Kramer,’ Dead at 92

Oscar-winning writer-director Robert Benton, known for 'Bonnie and Clyde' and 'Kramer vs. Kramer,' died Sunday at 92, his manager confirmed.

In 1985, Benton received a third Oscar trophy for Best Original Screenplay with Places in the Heart, an autobiographical film based on his grandmother’s experience during the Great Depression. Benton earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay for the picture about real-life bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Benton’s last three directed films came in 2003 with The Human Stain with Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins, and Feast of Love in 2007, which included Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, and Jane Alexander.

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