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Robert Towne
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American screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934–2024)
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- Works
- 20
Top works
- Meśimah bilti efsharit
- Mission impossible 2
- Without limits
- Film : Chinatown
- The last detail (1973)
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael — Self2019
- Salinger — Self - Screenwriter2013
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey — Self2011
- Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' — Self2008
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self2008
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That — Self2005
- Suspect Zero — Professor Dates (uncredited)2004
- A Decade Under the Influence — Self2003
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film — Self (uncredited)2002
- A Sad Flower in the Sand — Self2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Towne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Julie Payne
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Edgar Awards
- Notable work
- Chinatown
- Student of
- Jeff Corey
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Robert Towne 1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-01-01
- Commons category
- Robert Towne
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Robert Towne
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Robert Towne
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of death
- 2024-01-01
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- birth name
- Robert Bertram Schwartz
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