Benayoun, Robert

(December 12, 1926,

   Port-Lyautey, now Kenitra, Morocco-October 20, 1996, Paris, France)

   A member of a surrealist group (1948) and a film critic, he co-founded L'Âge du Cinéma with Ado Kyrou in 1950 and was a regular collaborator to the maga­zines Positif and Le Point. He authored many books, including 1957 Anthologie du Nonsense (Jean-Jacques Pauvert), 1961 Le Dessin animé après Walt Disney (Jean-Jacques Pauvert), 1964 Erotique du Surréalisme (Jean-Jacques Pauvert), 1966 John Huston (Seghers), 1972 Bonjour Monsieur Lewis (Eric Losfeld), 1982 Le Regard de Buster Keaton (Herscher), and 1988 Le Mys­tère Tex Avery (Le Seuil). Other credit (as actor): 1968 Erotissimo (Gérard Pirès; France / Italy).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ Paris n'existe pas (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1975 ◘ Sérieux comme le Plaisir / USA: Serious As Plea­sure (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor)