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Robert Towne
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 23, 1934Died July 1, 2024 (89 years)
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).
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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Filmography
| 2012 | Welcome To The Basement (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 2006 | Ask the Dust · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II · as Screenplay |
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| 1996 | Mission: Impossible · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | Love Affair · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Screenplay |
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| 1990 | Days of Thunder · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise · as Screenplay |
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| 1974 | The Yakuza · as Screenplay |
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| 1973 | The Last Detail · as Screenplay |
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| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Drive, He Said · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | Villa Rides · as Screenplay |
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| 1964 | The Tomb of Ligeia · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Last Woman on Earth · as Screenplay |