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Robert Towne

Writing Born 23 Nov 1934 Died 1 Jul 2024 — at 89.603825136612 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...

Latest credit What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)

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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2019 · 98 min

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Salinger

2013 · 125 min

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Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible

2010 · 11 min

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Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

2008 · 65 min

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Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005 · 86 min

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A Sad Flower in the Sand

2001 · 64 min

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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

1998 · 60 min

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Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

1997 · 251 min

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Cadillac Desert

1997

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Robert Towne

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