Robert Benton, Oscar-winning filmmaker of ‘Kramer vs. Kramer,’ dead at 92

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules of Hollywood as co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later wrote and directed the sensitive domestic dramas “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at 92. During a 40-year career, the Texas native received six Oscar nominations and won three times: for writing and directing “Kramer vs. Kramer” and for writing “Places in the Heart.” He was widely appreciated by actors as attentive and trusting and directed Oscar-winning performances by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Sally Field.