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Robert Towne


Robert Towne

Birthday:

11/23/1934

Place of birth:

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA:

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Towne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
as Self
Salinger (2013)
as Self - Screenwriter
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
as Self
Suspect Zero (2004)
as Professor Dates (uncredited)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
as Self
A Sad Flower in the Sand (2001)
as Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Sparks Moran (archive footage)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
as Stan
Shampoo (1975)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Drive, He Said (1971)
as Richard
The Zodiac Killer (1971)
as Man in Bar #3
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
as Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
as Martin Joyce
Robert Towne ()
as
Ask the Dust (2006)
Screenplay
Ask the Dust (2006)
Director
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Screenplay
Without Limits (1998)
Director
Without Limits (1998)
Writer
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Screenplay
Love Affair (1994)
Screenplay
The Firm (1993)
Screenplay
The Two Jakes (1990)
Writer
The Two Jakes (1990)
Characters
Days of Thunder (1990)
Screenplay
Days of Thunder (1990)
Story
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Director
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Screenplay
Frantic (1988)
Additional Writing
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Additional Writing
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Executive Producer
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Writer
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Additional Writing
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Screenplay
Deal of the Century (1983)
Additional Writing
Personal Best (1982)
Director
Personal Best (1982)
Producer
Personal Best (1982)
Writer
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Additional Writing
Shampoo (1975)
Writer
The Yakuza (1974)
Screenplay
Chinatown (1974)
Writer
The Parallax View (1974)
Additional Writing
The Last Detail (1973)
Screenplay
The New Centurions (1972)
Additional Writing
The Godfather (1972)
Story Editor
Cisco Pike (1971)
Additional Writing
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Additional Writing
Drive, He Said (1971)
Additional Writing
Villa Rides (1968)
Screenplay
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Additional Writing
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Screenplay
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Screenplay
Battle of Britain ()
Screenplay