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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1926-12-12 00:00:00
Birth Place:Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
Known For:Directing
Death Date:1996-10-20 00:00:00
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Robert Benayoun
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.
Filmography (10)
⭐ 3.9
Serious as Pleasure
director1975
⭐ 3.9
Serious as Pleasure
writer1975
⭐ 5.4
Paris Does Not Exist
director1969
⭐ 5.4
Paris Does Not Exist
writer1969
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
director1971
⭐ 10
No Image
S.W.B.
actor1969
⭐ 6
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
Role: Self1984
⭐ 8
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Role: Self (archive footage)2022
⭐ 5.6
Erotissimo
Role: Mario1969
⭐ 3.9
Serious as Pleasure
Role: (uncredited)1975