Robert Towne

Person · Open Library

Works

20

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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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

Nashville

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

52

Total plays

122

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 95,780x

2. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

   · 2011 · cited 56,550x

3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 46,824x

4. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

   · 1996 · cited 39,789x

5. The PHQ-9

   · 2001 · cited 39,499x

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