Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 12, 1926
Died
Oct 20, 1996
Place of Birth
Port-Lyautey, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Kenitra, Morocco]
Credits
12 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Self (archive footage)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
Self
Bonjour Mr Lewis
Writer
Ciné regards
Self
Serious as Pleasure
(uncredited)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Film '72
Self
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
Director
Paris Does Not Exist
Director
Erotissimo
Mario
S.W.B.