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Robert Towne

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Writing
Known appearances
63
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 23, 1934 (89 old)
Deathday
Jul 1, 2024
Place of Birth
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as
P. H. Vasak
Роберт Таун
Robert Towne

Robert Towne

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).

Known for

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Salinger
Salinger
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Suspect Zero
Suspect Zero
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
A Decade Under the Influence
A Decade Under the Influence
Rescued from the Closet
Rescued from the Closet
A Sad Flower in the Sand
A Sad Flower in the Sand
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
Without Limits
Without Limits
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Love Affair
Love Affair
The Firm
The Firm
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise
Frantic
Frantic
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance
The Bedroom Window
The Bedroom Window
8 Million Ways to Die
8 Million Ways to Die
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Deal of the Century
Deal of the Century
Personal Best
Personal Best
Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait
Orca
Orca
Shampoo
Shampoo
The Yakuza
The Yakuza
Chinatown
Chinatown
The Parallax View
The Parallax View
The Last Detail
The Last Detail
The New Centurions
The New Centurions
Cisco Pike
Cisco Pike
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Drive, He Said
Drive, He Said
The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer
Villa Rides
Villa Rides
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
The Tomb of Ligeia
The Tomb of Ligeia
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Creature from the Haunted Sea
Creature from the Haunted Sea
Last Woman on Earth
Last Woman on Earth

Acting

2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
  —
Self
2013
Salinger
  —
Self - Screenwriter
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
  —
Self
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
  —
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
  —
Self
2005
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
  —
Self
2004
Suspect Zero
  —
Professor Dates (uncredited)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
  —
Agent XK150 (archive footage)
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
  —
Self
2001
Rescued from the Closet
  —
Self
A Sad Flower in the Sand
  —
Self
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
  —
Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
  —
Self
1997
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  —
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
1987
The Pick-up Artist
  —
Stan
1975
Shampoo
  —
Party Guest (uncredited)
1971
Drive, He Said
  —
Richard
The Zodiac Killer
  —
Man in Bar #3
1961
Creature from the Haunted Sea
  —
Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
1960
Last Woman on Earth
  —
Martin Joyce

Writing

—
Battle of Britain
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2012
Welcome to the Basement
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2006
Ask the Dust
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2000
Mission: Impossible II
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1998
Without Limits
as.job job.Writer.he
1996
Mission: Impossible
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1994
Love Affair
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1993
The Firm
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1990
The Two Jakes
as.job job.Characters.he
Days of Thunder
as.job job.Story.he
1988
Tequila Sunrise
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1986
8 Million Ways to Die
as.job job.Writer.he
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as.job job.Writer.he
1982
Personal Best
as.job job.Writer.he
1977
Orca
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1975
Shampoo
as.job job.Writer.he
1974
The Yakuza
as.job job.Screenplay.he
Chinatown
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1973
The Last Detail
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1968
Villa Rides
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1964
The Tomb of Ligeia
as.job job.Screenplay.he
1963
The Outer Limits
as.job job.Writer.he
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as.job job.Writer.he
1960
Last Woman on Earth
as.job job.Screenplay.he

Directing

2006
Ask the Dust
as.job job.Director.he
1998
Without Limits
as.job job.Director.he
1988
Tequila Sunrise
as.job job.Director.he
1982
Personal Best
as.job job.Director.he

Production

1987
The Bedroom Window
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
1982
Personal Best
as.job job.Producer.he

Crew

1988
Frantic
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1986
8 Million Ways to Die
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1983
Deal of the Century
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1978
Heaven Can Wait
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1974
The Parallax View
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1972
The New Centurions
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
Cisco Pike
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
Drive, He Said
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
1967
Bonnie and Clyde
as.job job.Additional Writing.he
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