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

Apostrophes
1978
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1976
Film '72
1973
Ciné regards
1980
Serious as Pleasure
1975
Bonjour Mr Lewis
1983
Erotissimo
1969
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
Paris Does Not Exist
1969
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984
Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie
1971
S.W.B.
1969

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
9
Directing
4
Writing
3
2022
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
as Self
1980
Ciné regards
as Self
1978
Apostrophes
as Self
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Serious as Pleasure
as (uncredited)
1973
Film '72
as Self
1969
Erotissimo
as Mario
1969
S.W.B.