Robert Towne

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film director film producer human screenwriter

Robert Towne is an acclaimed American screenwriter and director best known for writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for "Chinatown" and contributing to several other landmark films of the New Hollywood era.

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Robert Towne canonical 23

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
activeInPeriod New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood era
almaMater Pomona College ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork Chinatown ⓘ
birthName Robert Schwartz ⓘ
surface form: Robert Bertram Schwartz
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-11-23 ⓘ
directed Personal Best ⓘ
Tequila Sunrise ⓘ
Without Limits ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
hasChild Chiara Towne ⓘ
knownFor writing the screenplay for Chinatown ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New Hollywood ⓘ
name Robert Towne self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
nominatedForWork Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ⓘ
Shampoo ⓘ
The Last Detail ⓘ
notableFor contributions to New Hollywood cinema ⓘ
notableWork Chinatown ⓘ
Days of Thunder ⓘ
Mission: Impossible ⓘ
Mission: Impossible 2 ⓘ
Personal Best ⓘ
Shampoo ⓘ
Tequila Sunrise ⓘ
The Last Detail ⓘ
Without Limits ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Julie Payne ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Chinatown ⓘ
Days of Thunder ⓘ
Mission: Impossible (1996 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible 2 ⓘ
Shampoo ⓘ
Tequila Sunrise ⓘ
The Last Detail ⓘ
Without Limits ⓘ

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Bonnie and Clyde → uncreditedContributor → Robert Towne ⓘ
Chinatown → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
Chinatown → oscarRecipient → Robert Towne ⓘ
Drive, He Said → starring → Robert Towne ⓘ
Heaven Can Wait → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
Shampoo → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
Robert Towne → name → Robert Towne self-link ⓘ
J. J. Gittes → createdBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway → createdBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
subject surface form: Evelyn Mulwray
Noah Cross – John Huston → createdBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
subject surface form: Noah Cross
The Two Jakes → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
The Two Jakes → basedOnCharacterCreatedBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
Days of Thunder → writer → Robert Towne ⓘ
Days of Thunder → storyBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
The Last Detail → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
The Last Detail → screenplayAwardNomination → Robert Towne ⓘ
Paula Wagner → represented → Robert Towne ⓘ
Mission: Impossible 2 → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
Chinatown film series → createdBy → Robert Towne ⓘ
Chinatown film series → hasScreenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
Chinatown film series → screenwriterOfEntries → Robert Towne ⓘ
film "Without Limits" → director → Robert Towne ⓘ
subject surface form: Without Limits
film "Without Limits" → screenwriter → Robert Towne ⓘ
subject surface form: Without Limits