Directing
Robert Benayoun
FR, EN cinema · 7 credits
Born
12 December 1926
Died
20 October 1996 (aged 69)
Birthplace
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 "Robert Benayoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Filmography
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
Serious as Pleasure
as (uncredited), Director, Writer
Erotissimo
as Mario
Paris Does Not Exist
Director, Writer