Robert Towne
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 23 Nov 1934
- Died
- 1 Jul 2024 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
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Known for
The Godfather197293Pop Score out of 100
Mission: Impossible199668Pop Score out of 100
Mission: Impossible II200059Pop Score out of 100
Chinatown197489Pop Score out of 100
The Firm199369Pop Score out of 100
Bonnie and Clyde196783Pop Score out of 100
Days of Thunder199059Pop Score out of 100
TVMad Men200788Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- TBARobert TowneActor
- TBABattle of BritainScreenplay
- 2028Days of Thunder 2Characters
- 2026Ray GunnThanks
- 2019What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kaelas Self
- 2017Welcome to the BasementTV