Biography
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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).
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Filmography
all 50
Movies 47
Writer 22
self 11
Screenplay 5
Director 4
TV Shows 3
Producer 1
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
Salinger (2013)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
Ask the Dust (2006)
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
Suspect Zero (2004)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
A Sad Flower in the Sand (2001)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Without Limits (1998)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Love Affair (1994)
The Firm (1993)
The Two Jakes (1990)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Frantic (1988)
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Deal of the Century (1983)
Personal Best (1982)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Orca (1977)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Shampoo (1975)
The Yakuza (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
The Parallax View (1974)
The Last Detail (1973)
The New Centurions (1972)
Cisco Pike (1972)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Drive, He Said (1971)
The Zodiac Killer (1971)
Villa Rides (1968)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The Outer Limits (1963)
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Battle of Britain
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-11-23 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
RelationshipsJulie Payne (1977-01-01 - 1982-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsP. H. Vasak, Роберт Таун
AwardsEdgar Awards, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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