Robert Benayoun
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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8
Acting Credits
4
Crew Credits
Acting
Movie
Erotissimo
as Mario
1969
Movie
Serious as Pleasure
as (uncredited)
1975
TV
Film '72
as Self
1971
TV
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
Movie
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
S.W.B.
1969
Movie
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
as Self
1984
TV
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
