Robert Towne
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-11-23 (90 years old)
Deathday
2024-07-01
Place of Birth
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
P. H. Vasak
Роберт Таун
Robert Towne
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...
Acting
1961
as Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
1960
as Martin Joyce
1971
as Richard
2008
2005
2004
as Professor Dates (uncredited)
1975
as Party Guest (uncredited)
2019
1987
as Stan
1997
as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
2004
as Agent XK150 (archive footage)
1971
as Man in Bar #3
1998
2001
as Self
2013
as Self - Screenwriter
2001
as Self
2003
as Self
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Production
1988
as Director
1988
as Screenplay
2006
as Screenplay
2006
as Director
1996
as Screenplay
2000
as Screenplay
1990
as Screenplay
1984
1998
as Director
1998
as Writer
1975
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1982
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
1964
as Screenplay
1993
as Screenplay
1973
as Screenplay
1994
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1982
as Producer
1990
as Characters
1978
as Additional Writing
1967
as Additional Writing
1971
as Additional Writing
1971
as Additional Writing
1971
as Additional Writing
1972
as Additional Writing
1974
as Additional Writing
1983
as Additional Writing
1986
as Additional Writing
1987
as Additional Writing
1988
as Additional Writing
1982
as Writer
1986
as Writer
1990
as Story
1987
as Executive Producer
-
as Screenplay
1974
as Writer
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