Bonnie and Clyde

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,” has died.

His Oscar-nominated projects also include “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The Late Show” and “Nobody’s Fool.”

During his tenure, he helped the outlet launch its Dubious Achievement Awards with former colleague and “Bonnie and Clyde” co-writer David Newman.

He told The Times that his career in the editorial world encouraged him to move past certain creative inhibitions, which would later serve him in filmmaking, specifically for “Bonnie and Clyde.”

After the success — and critical scrutiny of brutal violence — of “Bonnie and Clyde,” Benton made his feature directorial debut in 1972 with “Bad Company,” according to IMDb.