Robert Benton, Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Kramer Vs Kramer, dies at 92

During a 40-year screen career, the Texas native received six Oscar nominations and won three times: for writing and directing Kramer Vs Kramer and for writing Places In The Heart

Robert Benton. File picture: Rick Maiman/AP

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 Vs Kramer, has died at the age age 92.

His son John said he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan of “natural causes”.