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Also known as P.H. Vazak

American screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934–2024)

Person · Open Library

Works
20

Top works

  • Meśimah bilti efsharit
  • Mission impossible 2
  • Without limits
  • Film : Chinatown
  • The last detail (1973)

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Film & TV

Writing · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

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Origin
Nashville

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Total plays
122

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date of birth
1934-01-01
Commons category
Robert Towne
start of work period
1960-00-00
name in native language
Robert Towne
date of death
2024-01-01
end of work period
2017-00-00
birth name
Robert Bertram Schwartz
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