Bobert 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. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that he died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan of “natural causes”. During a 40-year screen career, the Texas native received six Oscar nominations and won three times: for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer and for writing Places in the Heart. He was widely appreciated by actors as attentive and trusting, and directed Oscar-winning performances by Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Sally Field.