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The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011* 7.7
The Pick-up Artist1987* 5.7
Suspect Zero2004* 5.6
Shampoo1975* 6.1
Cadillac Desert1997* NR
A Decade Under the Influence2003* 7.9
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019* 6.7
Salinger2013* 6.4
Rescued from the Closet2001* 6.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008* 8.5
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That2005* 7.0
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film2002* 8.0
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy1998* 6.0
Last Woman on Earth1960* 4.5
Creature from the Haunted Sea1961* 3.6
Drive, He Said1971* 5.6
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'2008* 4.6
Robert Towne-* NR
Halloween Monster Bash1991* NRMission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible2010* NR
The Zodiac Killer1971* 4.8
A Sad Flower in the Sand2001* NR
Making of Chinatown2007* NR
Robert Towne
WritingBorn 23 Nov 1934San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
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 (…
Known For & Filmography
The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011* 7.7The Pick-up Artist1987* 5.7Suspect Zero2004* 5.6Shampoo1975* 6.1Cadillac Desert1997* NRA Decade Under the Influence2003* 7.9What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019* 6.7Salinger2013* 6.4Rescued from the Closet2001* 6.5You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008* 8.5Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That2005* 7.0Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film2002* 8.0Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy1998* 6.0Last Woman on Earth1960* 4.5Creature from the Haunted Sea1961* 3.6Drive, He Said1971* 5.6Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'2008* 4.6Robert Towne-* NRHalloween Monster Bash1991* NRMission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible2010* NRThe Zodiac Killer1971* 4.8A Sad Flower in the Sand2001* NRMaking of Chinatown2007* NRData by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.