- Known for
- Writing
- Credits
- 59 films
- Born
- November 23, 1934
- Died
- July 1, 2024 (aged 89)
- Place of birth
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Writing
Robert Towne
Also known as P. H. Vasak, Роберт Таун, Robert Bertram Schwartz
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.
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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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Known for
Acting 19
- —Robert Towne
- 2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · Self
- 2013Salinger · Self - Screenwriter
- 2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story · Self
- 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' · Self
- 2007Making of Chinatown
- 2005Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That · Self
- 2004Suspect Zero
Writing 22
- 2028Days of Thunder 2 · Characters
- 2006Ask the Dust · Screenplay
- 2000Mission: Impossible II · Screenplay
- 1998Without Limits · Writer
- 1996Mission: Impossible · Screenplay
- 1994Love Affair · Screenplay
- 1993The Firm · Screenplay
- 1990The Two Jakes · Writer, Characters
Crew 12
- 2026Ray Gunn · Thanks
- 1988Frantic · Additional Writing
- 1987Tough Guys Don't Dance · Additional Writing
- 19868 Million Ways to Die · Additional Writing
- 1983Deal of the Century · Additional Writing
- 1978Heaven Can Wait · Additional Writing
- 1974The Parallax View · Additional Writing
- 1972The New Centurions
Directing 4
- 2006Ask the Dust · Director
- 1998Without Limits · Director
- 1988Tequila Sunrise · Director
- 1982Personal Best · Director
Production 2
- 1987The Bedroom Window · Executive Producer
- 1982Personal Best · Producer
