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Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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.
7 Photos. Writer, director, producer, actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA, and raised in the seaport town of San Pedro. Got his start acting and writing for legendary exploitation director/producer Roger Corman. Came into his own during the 1970s when he was regarded as one of the finest screenwriters in Hollywood.
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Mini Bio. Writer, director, producer, actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA, and raised in the seaport town of San Pedro. Got his start acting and writing for legendary exploitation director/producer Roger Corman. Came into his own during the 1970s when he was regarded as one of the finest screenwriters in Hollywood.
- November 23, 1934
Feb 4, 2020 · Throughout the book, Wasson chronicles the stories of four influential men in 1970s Hollywood including Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne during a time when the...
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Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is 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 ...
Mar 21, 2017 · by ScreenCraft on March 21, 2017. Iconic screenwriter Robert Towne may be best-known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski 's Chinatown, which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He also wrote its sequel The Two Jakes, and the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail, and Shampoo, as ...
Oct 13, 2017 · The Script Lab's Martin Keady explores the fascinating career of Robert Towne, the writer of classics such as Chinatown and The Last Detail.
