Director

Robert Benayoun

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 544743

IMDb ID: nm0070302

Known for: Directing

Born: December 12, 1926

Died: October 20, 1996

Age: 69

Place of birth: Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2022

Years active: 54

Wikidata: Q922187

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Biography

Robert Benayoun (12 December 1926 in Kenitra, Morocco – 20 October 1996, Paris) was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, and Alain Resnais. He wrote screenplays for and directed three films. Benayoun was one of comedian Jerry Lewis's greatest supporters and directed a film about him called Bonjour Mr. Lewis. He also directed the 1975 film Serious as Pleasure. Source: Article "Robert Benayoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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