Oscar-Winning Filmmaker and Screenwriter Robert Benton Dies at 92

Benton won three Academy Awards for his work on ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Kramer vs. Kramer,’ and ‘Places in the Heart.’

Robert Benton attends an Academy of Motion Picture and Arts and Sciences tribute to his work in New York City on June 2, 2011. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Robert Benton, a screenwriter turned Oscar-winning director who was best known for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” has died at 92.

His son, John Benton, confirmed to the Associated Press that his father died on May 11 from “natural causes” at his home in Manhattan, New York.