Robert Towne

Robert Towne is known for writing, with films including The Godfather, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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 (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Towne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• The Godfather (1972)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Days of Thunder (1990)
• The Firm (1993)
• Chinatown (1974)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
• Frantic (1988)
• The Bedroom Window (1987)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• The Last Detail (1973)
• Suspect Zero (2004)
• The Pick-up Artist (1987)
• The Parallax View (1974)
• Shampoo (1975)
• Love Affair (1994)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Personal Best (1982)
• The New Centurions (1972)
• Ask the Dust (2006)
• Last Woman on Earth (1960)
• The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
• The Yakuza (1974)
• Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
• Deal of the Century (1983)
• Villa Rides (1968)
• Without Limits (1998)
• Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
• Salinger (2013)