Robert Towne

Writer

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...

Born: November 23, 1934 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: July 1, 2024 (Age 89)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Story of Film: An Odyssey Limited Series	8.2	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	2011-2011
The Outer Limits TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8	Writing	Writer 1 Episode	1963-1965
The Lloyd Bridges Show TV Show	6.9	Writing	Writer 1 Episode	1962-1963
Battle of Britain Movie		Writing	Screenplay
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Self	2019
Salinger Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Self - Screenwriter	2013
Welcome to the Basement TV Show	6.9	Writing	Screenplay 1 Episode	2012
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Self	2008
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' Movie	7	Actor	Self	2008
Ask the Dust Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	5.5	Directing	Screenplay, Director	2006
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Movie	7	Actor	Self	2005
Suspect Zero Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	5.6	Actor	Professor Dates (uncredited)	2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Agent XK150 (archive footage)	2004
A Decade Under the Influence Movie	7.8	Actor	Self	2003
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film Movie	7.4	Actor	Self (uncredited)	2002
A Sad Flower in the Sand Movie	8	Actor	Self	2001
Rescued from the Closet Movie	6.3	Actor	Self	2001
Mission: Impossible II Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	2000
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy Movie	7.1	Actor	Self	1998
Without Limits Movie Available on 20 streaming services.	7.4	Directing	Director, Writer	1998
Cadillac Desert Limited Series	8.7	Actor	Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'	1997
Mission: Impossible Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1996
Love Affair Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	5.8	Writing	Screenplay	1994
The Firm Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Screenplay	1993
Days of Thunder Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.3	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1990

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