Robert Benayoun

Acteur, Regisseur, Schrijver

12 december 1926 — 20 oktober 1996 (69 years)
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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Known For

  • Serious as Pleasure
    Serious as Pleasure1975
  • Paris Does Not Exist
    Paris Does Not Exist1969

Cinematografie

2022
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox · as Self (archive Footage)
2016
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown · as Self - Writer & Film Critic
1975
Sunday meetings · as Self
1975
Apostrophes · as Self
1971
Film · as Self
1964