Robert Benayoun
Directing
December 12, 1926
Died October 20, 1996 (69 years old)
Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
9
Acting Credits
4
Directed
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 Pleasu...
Known For
Filmography
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984
as Self
6
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
5
Serious as Pleasure
1975
as (uncredited)
3.9
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
6
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
8.5
Film '72
1971
as Self
5.1
Erotissimo
1969
as Mario
5.7
S.W.B.
1969
10