Robert Towne
Sign in to saveAmerican screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934-01-01
- Died
- 2024-01-01
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Meśimah bilti efsharit
- Mission impossible 2
- Without limits
- Film : Chinatown
- The last detail (1973)
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Film & TV
Writing · San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael — Self2019
- Salinger — Self - Screenwriter2013
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey — Self2011
- Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' — Self2008
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self2008
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That — Self2005
- Suspect Zero — Professor Dates (uncredited)2004
- A Decade Under the Influence — Self2003
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film — Self (uncredited)2002
- A Sad Flower in the Sand — Self2001
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 52
- Total plays
- 122
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,771x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,716x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,245x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,737x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,081x
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1934
- Died
- 1 January 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Towne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Julie Payne
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
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Categories
1934 births2024 deaths20th-century American screenwriters21st-century American screenwritersAmerican male screenwritersAmerican people of Romanian-Jewish descentAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentBest Original Screenplay Academy Award winnersBest Screenplay BAFTA Award winnersBest Screenplay Golden Globe winnersEdgar Award winnersJewish American military personnel