Robert Benayoun
Robert Benayoun
Person

Robert Benayoun

Director 1926-12-12 Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]

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. Source: Article...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Erotissimo

Erotissimo

1969 · Mario

Serious as Pleasure

Serious as Pleasure

1975 · (uncredited)

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975 · Self

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Ciné regards

Ciné regards

1978 · Self

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

1984 · Self

Film '72

1971 · Self

S.W.B.

1969 · Movie