Robert Towne

Writer

Born: November 23, 1934
Died: July 1, 2024 (age 89)
From: 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…

Filmography (24)

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)
Self
Salinger (2013)
Self - Screenwriter
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible
Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible (2010)
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
Self
Ask the Dust (2006)
Director
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
Self
Suspect Zero (2004)
Professor Dates (uncredited)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
Self (uncredited)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Self
A Sad Flower in the Sand (2001)
Self
Without Limits (1998)
Director
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
Self
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
Sparks Moran (archive footage)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Director
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Stan
Personal Best (1982)
Director
Shampoo (1975)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Drive, He Said (1971)
Richard
The Zodiac Killer (1971)
Man in Bar #3
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Martin Joyce
Robert Towne