Robert Benayoun

Directing

Born December 12, 1926 — Died October 20, 1996

From Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]

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 screenpla...