Robert Benton, who helmed best picture winner “Kramer vs. Kramer” and collaborated on the screenplay for "Bonnie and Clyde," died Sunday in Manhattan.

After collaborating on the script for “Bonnie and Clyde,” he went on to write and direct “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”

Robert Benton, writer and director of the highly acclaimed "Kramer vs. Kramer," has died, the New York Times reported Tuesday. He was 92. Benton, who also worked on the screenplay for "Bonnie and Clyde,