Robert Towne
Writing
Born Nov 23, 1934
· San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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 A...
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The Pick-up Artist
as Stan
1987
★ 5.8
movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
★ 8.6
movie
Salinger
as Self - Screenwriter
2013
★ 6.6
movie
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Himself
2019
★ 6.3
movie
Creature from the Haunted Sea
as Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
1961
★ 3.5
movie
Last Woman on Earth
as Martin Joyce
1960
★ 4.5
movie
The Zodiac Killer
as Man in Bar #3 (as Robert Tubin)
1971
★ 5.5
movie
Drive, He Said
as Richard
1971
★ 6.3
movie
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Himself
2008
★ 6.5
movie
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
as Self
1998
★ 8.0
tv
A Sad Flower in the Sand
as Self
2001
movie
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Himself
1998
★ 6.0
movie