Person

Robert Benayoun

Directing · 1926–1996 · 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.

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  Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  Self

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  Apostrophes

  Self

• Film '72

  Self

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  Erotissimo

  Mario

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  Serious as Pleasure

  (uncredited)

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  Paris Does Not Exist

  Director

• Bonjour Mr Lewis

  Writer

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  Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie

  Director

• S.W.B.

  1969

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  The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

  Self (archive footage)

• 2022The Animograph, or I Was Born in a ShoeboxSelf (archive footage)
• 1984The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of FilmSelf
• 1983Bonjour Mr LewisWriter
• 1975Serious as Pleasure(uncredited)
• 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
• 1975ApostrophesSelf
• 1971Film '72Self
• 1971Jerry Lewis - 2ème partieDirector
• 1969Paris Does Not ExistDirector
• 1969ErotissimoMario
• 1969S.W.B.