Personal Info
Known Credits
18
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1934-11-23 (91 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known For
P. H. VasakРоберт 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 W ...
Known For
Acting
2019 --
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
| Self
2013 --
Salinger
| Self - Screenwriter
2008 --
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
| Self
2008 --
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
| Self
2005 --
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
| Self
2004 --
Suspect Zero
| Professor Dates (uncredited)
2004 --
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
| Agent XK150 (archive footage)
2003 --
A Decade Under the Influence
| Self
2001 --
Rescued from the Closet
| Self
2001 --
A Sad Flower in the Sand
| Self
1998 --
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
| Self
1997 --
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
| Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
1987 --
The Pick-up Artist
| Stan
1975 --
Shampoo
| Party Guest (uncredited)
1971 --
Drive, He Said
| Richard
1971 --
The Zodiac Killer
| Man in Bar #3
1961 --
Creature from the Haunted Sea
| Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
1960 --
Last Woman on Earth
| Martin Joyce