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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 (…
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- Mad Men (2007) Consulting Producer
- The Godfather (1972) Story Editor
- The Outer Limits (1963) Writer
- Mission: Impossible (1996) Screenplay
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) Writer
- Mission: Impossible II (2000) Screenplay
- The Firm (1993) Screenplay
- Days of Thunder (1990) Screenplay
- Welcome to the Basement (2012) Screenplay
- Chinatown (1974) Writer
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Additional Writing
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) as Self
- Tequila Sunrise (1988) Screenplay
- The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962) Writer
- Frantic (1988) Additional Writing
- The Yakuza (1974) Screenplay
- Suspect Zero (2004) as Professor Dates (uncredited)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) Story Consultant
- The Bedroom Window (1987) Executive Producer
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Screenplay
- Ask the Dust (2006) Screenplay
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Additional Writing
- The Last Detail (1973) Screenplay
- The Two Jakes (1990) Writer
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) Additional Writing
- Villa Rides (1968) Screenplay
- Shampoo (1975) Writer
- Days of Thunder 2 (2028) Characters
- The Pick-up Artist (1987) as Stan
- The Parallax View (1974) Additional Writing
- Love Affair (1994) Screenplay
- Cadillac Desert (1997) as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
- Without Limits (1998) Writer
- Personal Best (1982) Director
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) Additional Writing
- Salinger (2013) as Self - Screenwriter
- Deal of the Century (1983) Additional Writing
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) Screenplay
- The New Centurions (1972) Additional Writing
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) as Self (uncredited)
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Most-watched Robert Towne films currently: The Godfather (1972), Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), The Firm (1993), Days of Thunder (1990).
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Selected TV credits: Mad Men (2007), The Outer Limits (1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), Welcome to the Basement (2012), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011).
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