Robert Benayoun
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday12 December 1926
Died20 October 1996 (age 69)
Place of birthPort-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
Known credits12
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. Source: Article "Robert Benayoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 · Self
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983 · Writer
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983 · Director
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Serious as Pleasure
1975 · (uncredited)
Serious as Pleasure
1975 · Writer
Serious as Pleasure
1975 · Director
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
1971 · Director
Paris Does Not Exist
1969 · Director
Paris Does Not Exist
1969 · Writer
Erotissimo
1969 · Mario
S.W.B.
1969
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