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,

A filmmaking force in the New Hollywood and beyond, he co-wrote “Bonnie and Clyde” and won Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules of Hollywood as co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later wrote and directed the sensitive domestic dramas “Kramer vs.