
Known for
Writing
Born
November 23, 1934
Birthplace
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
July 1, 2024 (aged 89)
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 Miss...
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Screenplay
2028
Characters
2026
Thanks
2019
2013
as Self - Screenwriter
2012
2011
2010
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
Director, Screenplay
2005
2004
as Professor Dates (uncredited)
2003
as Self
2002
as Self (uncredited)
2001
as Self
2001
as Self
2000
Screenplay
1998
Writer, Director
1998
1997
1996
Screenplay