Writer and Director Robert Benton Passes Away at 92
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of director and writer Robert Benton at the age of 92. A three-time Academy Award-winner, Benton worked on several high-profile films of the 1970s and 80s, including What' Up Doc? starring Barbra Streisand, 1978's Superman, and as writer-director, which won him Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Director. The movie itself won Best Picture that year. In the 1960s, Bento…