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Robert Benayoun

Directing
1926-12-12
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.

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Known For 6 titles
Apostrophes (1975) subtitle poster
Apostrophes
1975 TV
as Self
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) subtitle poster
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 TV
as Self
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Serious as Pleasure (1975) subtitle poster
Serious as Pleasure
1975 Movie
as (uncredited)
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Erotissimo (1969) subtitle poster
Erotissimo
1969 Movie
as Mario
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The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox (2022) subtitle poster
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022 Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film (1984) subtitle poster
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 Movie
as Self
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