Robert Towne
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday23 November 1934
Died1 July 2024 (age 89)
Place of birthSan Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known credits59
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 (…
Days of Thunder 2
2028 · Characters
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
Salinger
2013 · Self - Screenwriter
Welcome to the Basement
2012 · Screenplay
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008 · Self
Making of Chinatown
2007
Mad Men
2007 · Consulting Producer
Ask the Dust
2006 · Screenplay
Ask the Dust
2006 · Director
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005 · Self
Suspect Zero
2004 · Professor Dates (uncredited)
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Self
A Sad Flower in the Sand
2001 · Self
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Screenplay
Without Limits
1998 · Director
Without Limits
1998 · Writer
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Self
Cadillac Desert
1997 · Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Screenplay
Love Affair
1994 · Screenplay
The Firm
1993 · Screenplay
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Sparks Moran (archive footage)
The Two Jakes
1990 · Writer
The Two Jakes
1990 · Characters
Days of Thunder
1990 · Screenplay
Days of Thunder
1990 · Story
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989 · Story Consultant
Tequila Sunrise
1988 · Director
Tequila Sunrise
1988 · Screenplay
Frantic
1988 · Additional Writing
The Pick-up Artist
1987 · Stan
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987 · Additional Writing
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Executive Producer
8 Million Ways to Die
1986 · Additional Writing
8 Million Ways to Die
1986 · Writer
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 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Shampoo
1975 · Writer
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