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Robert Towne‌

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Birthday

calendar1934-11-23

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Robert Towne

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Robert Towne

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1934-11-23

Popularity

star5.9

Biography

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006).

Movie Credits

Creature from the Haunted Sea

Creature from the Haunted Sea‌
star3.7
calendar 1961

Last Woman on Earth

Last Woman on Earth‌
star4.5
calendar 1960

Drive, He Said

Drive, He Said‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'‌
star4.6
calendar 2008

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That‌
star7.0
calendar 2005

Shampoo

Shampoo‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Suspect Zero

Suspect Zero‌
star5.6
calendar 2004

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

The Pick-up Artist

The Pick-up Artist‌
star5.6
calendar 1987

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made‌
star4.6
calendar 2004

The Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer‌
star4.9
calendar 1971

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

A Sad Flower in the Sand

A Sad Flower in the Sand‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Salinger

Salinger‌
star6.3
calendar 2013

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet‌
star6.0
calendar 2001

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story‌
star8.5
calendar 2008

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Tv Credits

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Story of Film: An Odyssey‌
star7.6
calendar 2011

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies‌
star8.2
calendar 1998