Actor

Robert Towne

1960–present1934–2024DocumentaryComedyDramaHorror

Comic Visionary

Also directed 4 films ↗Also wrote 21 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline KaelSelf6.7 2013SalingerSelf - Screenwriter6.4 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'Self4.6 2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. StorySelf8.5 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do ThatSelf7.0 2004Suspect ZeroProfessor Dates (uncredited)

About

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.

As Director

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1988Tequila Sunrise 2006Ask the Dust 1998Without Limits 1982Personal Best

As Screenwriter

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1988Tequila Sunrise 2006Ask the Dust 2000Mission: Impossible II 1996Mission: Impossible 1990Days of Thunder 1998Without Limits

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