Person · Director, actor and screenwriter · Active since 1960
Robert Towne
1934–2024, Los Angeles
American director, actor and screenwriter, born in Los Angeles. Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Wrote 33 films on this site, including Chinatown (1974), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000).
Films in this guide
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)screenwriter
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)screenwriter
- Villa Rides (1968)screenwriter
- Drive, He Said (1971)actor, screenwriter
- The New Centurions (1972)screenwriter
- The Last Detail (1973)screenwriter
- Chinatown (1974)screenwriter
- The Parallax View (1974)screenwriter
- The Yakuza (1974)screenwriter
- Shampoo (1975)actor, screenwriter
- Marathon Man (1976)screenwriter
- The Missouri Breaks (1976)screenwriter
- Orca (1977)screenwriter
- Heaven Can Wait (1978)screenwriter
- Virus (1980)screenwriter
- Personal Best (1982)director, screenwriter
- Deal of the Century (1983)screenwriter
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)screenwriter
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)screenwriter
- The Pick-up Artist (1987)actor
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)screenwriter
- Frantic (1988)screenwriter
- Tequila Sunrise (1988)director, screenwriter
- Days of Thunder (1990)screenwriter
- The Two Jakes (1990)screenwriter
- The Firm (1993)screenwriter
- Love Affair (1994)screenwriter
- Crimson Tide (1995)screenwriter
- Mission: Impossible (1996)screenwriter
- The Chamber (1996)screenwriter
- The Rock (1996)screenwriter
- Without Limits (1998)director, screenwriter
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)screenwriter
- Suspect Zero (2004)actor
- Ask the Dust (2006)director, screenwriter