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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.
Play trailer 1:23. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) 2 Videos. 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.
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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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Mar 15, 2012 · Francis Ford Coppola wanted to convey that they loved each other. So Coppola called on his friend Robert Towne, a renowned screenwriter who later wrote Chinatown, as a script doctor. Towne...
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.
Feb 22, 2006 · He is best known in Hollywood, however, as a "script doctor," who comes in and polishes, or sometimes completely rewrites, a movie script -- sometimes at the last minute.
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 ...
