Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for...

is screenwriter Robert Towne. Towne married actor Simon Helberg on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter Adeline, and a son, Wilder Towne Helberg. Guthrie...

To Be Made in West". The New York Times. p. 43. "Robert Towne". Creative Screenwriting. Meyers, Robert (1 September 1975). "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Days...

Look up towne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Towne, an archaic spelling of the word town, is a surname, and may refer to: Benjamin Towne publisher...

neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was inspired by the...

Sunrise is a 1988 American romantic crime film written and directed by Robert Towne, and starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, with Raul...

"I couldn't come up with a good villain and Bob Towne did." According to screenwriter Robert Towne, several action sequences were already planned for...

American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson...

Pesci and Roy Scheider, with screenwriter Robert Towne also at one point set to direct and producer Robert Evans set to co-star. Filming finally took...

produced by and starring Tom Cruise from a screenplay by David Koepp and Robert Towne and story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. A continuation of the 1966 television...

1998 American biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner...

arguments on set between Simpson and Bruckheimer, Scott, and sometimes Towne over how to set up a shot. Crew members sat idle for long hours; some later...

written by Tony Bill and Ben Young Mason with revisions by Wesley Strick, Robert Towne, Lawrence Wright, Stephen Harrigan and Aaron Sorkin. Martin Scorsese...

Best is a 1982 American drama film written, produced and directed by Robert Towne. It stars Mariel Hemingway and real-life track star Patrice Donnelly...

appears to have wiped out all human life on earth. The screenplay is by Robert Towne, who also acted in the film under the pseudonym Edward Wain. The music...

book Ask the Dust by John Fante. The film was written and directed by Robert Towne. Tom Cruise (with Paula Wagner and Cruise/Wagner Productions) served...

million in that year. Helberg married actress Jocelyn Towne, the niece of screenwriter Robert Towne, on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter and a son. Helberg...

Robert Towne David Koepp & Steven Zaillian Tom Cruise & Paula Wagner Released Mission: Impossible 2 May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24) John Woo Robert Towne Brannon...

the screen. The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone, an uncredited Robert Towne and David Lee Henry (R. Lance Hill using a pseudonym). An alcoholic Los...

alongside a Chinatown prequel miniseries that he co-wrote with the late Robert Towne. It was confirmed in October 2024 that he would develop and work on the...

Bill, and Carrie Fisher in her film debut. Co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne, the film follows a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser on Election Day...

Passes Away at 67". Il Messaggero. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024. "Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning 'Chinatown' Screenwriter Was 89". Deadline. 2 July...

Home, based on a script by Robert Towne. He was announced for a number of other projects at Columbia: the biopic of Robert E. Lee, an adaptation of Portrait...

and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a "masterpiece". Screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary...

master thief." Hunnam met actress Katharine Towne, daughter of actress Julie Payne and filmmaker Robert Towne, in 1999 when they both auditioned for roles...

his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage. The screenplay by Robert Towne was based upon the short story "Ligeia" by American author Edgar Allan...

Vincent Gardenia Jack Warden Cinematography William A. Fraker Edited by Robert C. Jones Don Zimmerman Music by Dave Grusin Distributed by Paramount Pictures...

(d. 1977) 1934 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994) 1934 – Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2024) 1935 – Ken Eastwood...

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne; they married in 1977 and divorced in 1982. Their daughter, Katharine Towne (b. 1978), began a career as an...

Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's...