As Actor
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
6.7
Robert Towne
Acting
Born
November 23, 1934
Born In
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
July 1, 2024
About
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.
All Their Awesome Movies & Shows!
As Actor
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
4.6
As Director, As Writer
Ask the Dust
2006
5.4
As Actor
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
7.0
As Writer
Mission: Impossible II
2000
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Without Limits
1998
6.5
As Actor
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
6.0
As Writer
Mission: Impossible
1996
7.0
As Writer
Love Affair
1994
5.4
As Writer
The Firm
1993
6.7
As Writer
The Two Jakes
1990
6.0
As Writer
Days of Thunder
1990
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Tequila Sunrise
1988
6.1
As Writer
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
5.4
As Writer
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Personal Best
1982
5.9
As Writer
Shampoo
1975
6.0
As Writer
The Yakuza
1974
7.1
As Writer
Chinatown
1974
7.9
As Writer
The Last Detail
1973
7.0