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FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Benton

1932 - Today

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Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director. A seven-time Academy Award nominee and three-time winner, he is best known as the writer and director of the film Kramer vs. Kramer, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Benton has received more than 469,311 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Benton is the 381st most popular film director (down from 269th in 2019), the 2,443rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,815th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 470k

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  • 55.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Benton ranks 381 out of 1,581Before him are Bo Widerberg, Michael Apted, Georgiy Daneliya, Veit Harlan, Adrian Lyne, and Sofia Coppola. After him are Emilio Fernández, Philippe Garrel, Jacques Audiard, Lotte Reiniger, Jean Girault, and Marcel Camus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Benton ranks 126Before him are Kurt Diemberger, Benigno Aquino Jr., Guillermo Mordillo, Carl Perkins, Bronius Kutavičius, and Branko Lustig. After him are Isao Tomita, Orlando Letelier, Piper Laurie, Jerzy Hoffman, Oleg Protopopov, and Gato Barbieri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Benton ranks 2,443 out of 18,182Before him are Sofia Coppola (1971), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Leo Ryan (1925), Felicity Huffman (1962), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), and James Baker (1930). After him are Jim Bridger (1804), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Richie Sambora (1959), Karen Allen (1951), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), and Kathy Reichs (1948).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Benton ranks 109Before him are Mervyn LeRoy (1900), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Merian C. Cooper (1893), Irvin Kershner (1923), Gene Deitch (1924), and Sofia Coppola (1971). After him are John McTiernan (1951), Sam Wood (1883), Joe Dante (1946), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), J. J. Abrams (1966), and Delmer Daves (1904).

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