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Robert Towne
Writing
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
Filmography
Movies
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
Salinger
as Self - Screenwriter
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self
Suspect Zero
as Professor Dates (uncredited)
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
A Sad Flower in the Sand
as Self
