People
Robert Towne
- Name: Robert Towne
- Birthday: 1934-11-23
- Also known as: P. H. Vasak,Роберт Таун
- Place of birth: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Popularity: 0.244
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 (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self | 2019-03-22 |
| Salinger as Self - Screenwriter | 2013-09-06 |
| You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self | 2008-05-15 |
| Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' as Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That as Self | 2005-12-21 |
| Suspect Zero as Professor Dates (uncredited) | 2004-08-27 |
| The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Agent XK150 (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| A Decade Under the Influence as Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited) | 2002-04-02 |
| Rescued from the Closet as Self | 2001-05-29 |
| A Sad Flower in the Sand as Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy as Self | 1998-02-04 |
| Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown' | 1997-06-24 |
| The Pick-up Artist as Stan | 1987-09-18 |
| Shampoo as Party Guest (uncredited) | 1975-02-11 |
| Drive, He Said as Richard | 1971-06-13 |
| The Zodiac Killer as Man in Bar #3 | 1971-04-07 |
| Creature from the Haunted Sea as Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator | 1961-06-01 |
| Last Woman on Earth as Martin Joyce | 1960-08-05 |
