Robert Towne
(1934-2024)
American screenwriter
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Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started with writing films for Roger Corman including The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). Later, he was a part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He wrote the Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990), and the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975). He has collaborated with Tom Cruise on the films Days of Thunder (1990), The Firm (1993) and the first two installments of Mission: Impossible franchise (1996, 2000).
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Robert Bertram Schwartz 23 November 1934 Los Angeles, California, USA
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1 July 2024 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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Katharine Payne Towne 1st child with Julie Payne Female b. 17 Jul 1978 · Age: 47 · 1978- · American actress
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