Robert Benayoun
Directing
- Born
- December 12, 1926 · Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
- Died
- October 20, 1996 (age 69)
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
Behind the camera3
- 1975Serious as Pleasure Director, Writer
- 1971Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie Director
- 1969Paris Does Not Exist Director, Writer
Acting5
- 2022The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox as Self (archive footage)
- 1984The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film as Self
- 1975Serious as Pleasure as (uncredited)
- 1969Erotissimo as Mario
- 1969S.W.B.