Robert Towne

Writing

Born: 1934-11-23
Died: 2024-07-01
From: San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.8

Also Known As

P. H. VasakРоберт Таун

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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Towne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 4 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Shampoo

1976
🏆 Won

Edgar Awards

1975
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Chinatown

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Chinatown

1975
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

The Last Detail

1974

Acting20 titles

Directing4 titles

Writing23 titles

Production3 titles

Crew11 titles