Robert Benton, who helped usher in a bold new era of Hollywood filmmaking as a co-writer of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and who later stepped behind the camera to direct acclaimed movies including “Kramer vs.

Robert Benton, the Texas-born filmmaker who surpassed the difficulties of severe dyslexia in his childhood to become the Oscar-winning director and screenwriter behind films including "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Bonnie and Clyde,

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of "Bonnie and Clyde," and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Places in the Heart," has died at age 92.