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.
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Filmography
all 10
Movies 7
self 4
Director 4
TV Shows 3
Self (archive footage)
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox (2022)
Movie
Director / Writer
Bonjour Mr Lewis (1983)
TV
Director
Serious as Pleasure (1975)
Movie
Director
Paris Does Not Exist (1969)
Movie
Actor
S.W.B. (1969)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-12-12
Deathday1996-10-20 (69 years old)
Birth PlacePort-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
CitizenshipsFrance
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