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Robert Towne

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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…

Filmography21 films
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  1. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019
  2. Salinger2013
  3. Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible2010
  4. You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008
  5. Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'2008
  6. Making of Chinatown2007
  7. Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That2005
  8. Suspect Zero2004
  9. A Decade Under the Influence2003
  10. Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film2002
  11. Rescued from the Closet2001
  12. A Sad Flower in the Sand2001
  13. Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy1998
  14. Halloween Monster Bash1991
  15. The Pick-up Artist1987
  16. Shampoo1975
  17. Drive, He Said1971
  18. The Zodiac Killer1971
  19. Creature from the Haunted Sea1961
  20. Last Woman on Earth1960
  21. Robert TowneTBA
  1. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019
  2. Salinger2013
  3. Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible2010