Background
Benedetto, Robert Elmo was born on February 2, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elmo Frank and Carmeline Mildred (Zarella) Benedetto.
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Robert Elmo Benedetto
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Bachelor in English, Film cum laude, Yale University, 1973; Master of Fine Arts in Film, Yale University, 1976.
Career
Writer ABC/Lorimar, Los Angeles, 1981-1982. Instructor creative writing University of California at Los Angeles, 1987. Writer 20th Century Fox, Los Angeles, 1988-1989.
Artist-in-residence screenwriting Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1994. Associate professor screenwriting University South Carolina, Columbia, 1994-1998. Professor film and screenwriting University Nevada Las Vegas, since 1998.
Visiting lecturer Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1978, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991-1993, University Texas, Austin, 1993, Jung Society Columbia, 1996, Emerson College, Boston, 1997. Leader screenwriting workshop Carrboro Arts Center, Chapel Hill, 1992-1993, North Carolina Writer's Network, Wilmington, 1994. Consultant screenwriting workshop WorldFest, Charleston, South Carolina, 1996.
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Writer, co-producer, editor (public information series) Ben Haven Center for Autism, 3 Chubb Fellows: Jesse Jackson, Sam Ervin and Elliot Richardson, The Payne Whitney Gym. Member Writer's Guild American, American Film Institute, University Film and Video Association.
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American