Robert Towne

Scénariste, Producteur, Acteur, Directeur

23 novembre 1934 — 1 juillet 2024 (89 ans)
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 Mission: Impossible films.

Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006).

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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Mad Men
    Mad Men1 saison
  • Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan
    Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan1984
  • Missouri Breaks
    Missouri Breaks1976
  • Au-delà du réel
    Au-delà du réel2 saisons
  • Le Coup du siècle
    Le Coup du siècle1983
  • La Créature de la mer hantée
    La Créature de la mer hantée1961
  • La Dernière Femme sur Terre
    La Dernière Femme sur Terre1960
  • The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
    The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made2004
  • The Zodiac Killer
    The Zodiac Killer1971

Connue pour

  • Chinatown
    Chinatown1974
  • Le Parrain
    Le Parrain1972
  • Mission : Impossible 2
    Mission : Impossible 22000
  • Mission : Impossible
    Mission : Impossible1996
  • La Firme
    La Firme1993
  • Jours de Tonnerre
    Jours de Tonnerre1990
  • Bonnie et Clyde
    Bonnie et Clyde1967
  • Tequila Sunrise
    Tequila Sunrise1988
  • La Dernière Corvée
    La Dernière Corvée1973
  • Frantic
    Frantic1988
  • Shampoo
    Shampoo1975
  • The Two Jakes - Piège pour un privé
    The Two Jakes - Piège pour un privé1990
  • Yakuza
    Yakuza1974
  • Demande à la poussière
    Demande à la poussière2006
  • Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan
    Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan1984
  • Without Limits
    Without Limits1998
  • La tombe de Ligeia
    La tombe de Ligeia1964
  • John McCabe
    John McCabe1971
  • Missouri Breaks
    Missouri Breaks1976
  • Le ciel peut attendre
    Le ciel peut attendre1978

Filmographie

2012
Welcome To The Basement · as Screenplay
2006
Ask the Dust · as Screenplay
2000
Mission: Impossible II · as Screenplay
1998
1996
Mission: Impossible · as Screenplay
1994
Love Affair · as Screenplay
1993
The Firm · as Screenplay
1990
1990
Days of Thunder · as Screenplay
1988
Tequila Sunrise · as Screenplay
1988
1987
1986
1984
1983
1982
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
The Yakuza · as Screenplay
1974
1974
1973
The Last Detail · as Screenplay
1972
1971
1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller · as Screenplay
1971
Drive, He Said · as Screenplay
1968
Villa Rides · as Screenplay
1967
1964
The Tomb of Ligeia · as Screenplay
1964
1963
1962
1960
Last Woman on Earth · as ScreenplaySur Plex

2007
Mad Men · as Consulting ProducerSur Plex
1987
The Bedroom Window · as Executive Producer
1982

2004
Suspect Zero · as Professor Dates (uncredited)
2004
1987
1975
Shampoo · as Party Guest (uncredited)
1971
Drive, He Said · as Richard
1971
The Zodiac Killer · as Man In Bar #3Sur Plex
1961
Creature from the Haunted Sea · as Sparks Moran / Agent Xk150 / NarratorSur Plex
1960
Last Woman on Earth · as Martin JoyceSur Plex

1972
The Godfather · as Story Editor
1963
Breaking Point · as Teleplay