The Texan also directed and wrote 'Places in the Heart,' 'The Late Show' and 'Nobody’s Fool.' By Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge Robert Benton, the much-admired screenwriter turned director who co-wrote ...

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer ...