Directing
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
December 12, 1926
Died
October 20, 1996 (age 69)
Born in
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. Source: Article "Robert Benayoun" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
2022
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The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
as Self
1984
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Bonjour Mr Lewis
as Writer, Director
1983
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Serious as Pleasure
as (uncredited), Director, Writer
1975
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
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Apostrophes
as Self
1975
—Film '72
as Self
1971
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Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
as Director
1971
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Paris Does Not Exist
as Director, Writer
1969
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Erotissimo
as Mario
1969
—S.W.B.
1969
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