WATERVILLE — The Maine International Film Festival will award Oscar-winning director/screenwriter Robert Benton a Lifetime Achievement Award on July 10 at the Waterville Opera House.

Benton is a three-time Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter who has directed eight actors in Oscar-nominated performances. He has collaborated closely with Maine-based Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Russo, earning an Oscar nomination for best writing for his screenplay based on “Nobody’s Fool.”

The two also co-wrote the 1998 film “Twilight,” starring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman. Russo went on to dedicate his Pulitzer-winning novel “Empire Falls” to Benton in 2002.

To honor the acclaimed director/screenwriter, the festival will screen Benton films “Kramer vs. Kramer,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Nobody’s Fool” and “The Late Show.”

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented at the screening of “Nobody’s Fool” at 6:30 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House. Russo will assist with the presentation.

The 19th annual Maine International Film Festival will be held from July 8 to 17 at Railroad Square Cinema and the Waterville Opera House. It will feature nearly 100 films, representing the best of American and international independent cinema and spotlighting some of Maine and New England’s most innovative filmmakers. The full MIFF schedule is available at www.miff.org.

Passes begin at $95.