Robert Towne
Born
1934-11-23
Place of birth
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
2024-07-01
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 (...
Known for
Suspect Zero
Professor Dates (uncredited)
Shampoo
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pick-up Artist
Stan
Salinger
Self - Screenwriter
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Last Woman on Earth
Martin Joyce
Creature from the Haunted Sea
Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Zodiac Killer
Man in Bar #3
Drive, He Said
Richard
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self