Robert Towne
Age: 89 | From: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1934-11-23 12:19:04
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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.
Most Famous Work
The Outer Limits
(1963) Writer
Mission: Impossible
(1996) Screenplay
Mission: Impossible II
(2000) Screenplay
Chinatown
(1974) Screenplay
Frantic
(1988) Additional Writing
Bonnie and Clyde
(1967) Additional Writing
The Firm
(1993) Screenplay
Orca
(1977) ScreenplayActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2013 | Self - Screenwriter | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| 2004 | Professor Dates (uncredited) | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1987 | Stan | |
| 1975 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | Richard | |
| Man in Bar #3 | ||
| 1961 | Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator | |
| 1960 | Martin Joyce | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Screenplay | |
| 2000 | Screenplay | |
| 1998 | Writer | |
| 1996 | Screenplay | |
| 1994 | Screenplay | |
| 1993 | Screenplay | |
| 1990 | Writer | |
| Characters | ||
| Screenplay | ||
| 1988 | Screenplay | |
| 1986 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Writer | |
| 1982 | Writer | |
| 1977 | Screenplay | |
| 1975 | Writer | |
| 1974 | Screenplay | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1973 | Screenplay | |
| 1968 | Screenplay | |
| 1964 | Screenplay | |
| 1963 | Writer | |
| 1962 | Writer | |
| 1960 | Screenplay | |
| Screenplay | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Additional Writing | |
| 1987 | Additional Writing | |
| 1986 | Additional Writing | |
| 1983 | Additional Writing | |
| 1978 | Additional Writing | |
| 1974 | Additional Writing | |
| 1972 | Additional Writing | |
| Additional Writing | ||
| 1971 | Additional Writing | |
| Additional Writing | ||
| 1967 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Executive Producer | |
| 1982 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
