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Robert Towne
Writing

Robert Towne
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1934-11-23,San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
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).

Filmography

Creature from the Haunted Sea

3.7

Creature from the Haunted Sea
1961-06-01

Last Woman on Earth

4.4

Last Woman on Earth
1960-08-05

6

Drive, He Said
1971-06-13

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

4.6

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008-03-25

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

7

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005-12-21

6

Shampoo
1975-02-11

5.6

Suspect Zero
2004-08-27

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

6.5

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019-03-22

The Pick-up Artist

5.6

The Pick-up Artist
1987-09-18

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

0

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
1997-06-24

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

4.6

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13

The Zodiac Killer

4.9

The Zodiac Killer
1971-04-07

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

6

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998-02-04

A Sad Flower in the Sand

0

A Sad Flower in the Sand
2001-01-01

6.3

Salinger
2013-09-06

Rescued from the Closet

6

Rescued from the Closet
2001-05-29

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008-05-15

A Decade Under the Influence

8

A Decade Under the Influence
2003-04-25

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

7.627

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011-09-03

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

8

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998-06-23