Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for...
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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...
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
To Be Made in West". The New York Times. p. 43. "Robert Towne". Creative Screenwriting. Meyers, Robert (1 September 1975). "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Days...
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Chinatown (1974 film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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Without Limits (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
1998 American biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner...
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Tequila Sunrise (film) (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
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...
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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...
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The Two Jakes (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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Mission: Impossible (film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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The Last Detail (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. The film...
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Mission: Impossible 2 (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
"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...
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written by Tony Bill and Ben Young Mason with revisions by Wesley Strick, Robert Towne, Lawrence Wright, Stephen Harrigan and Aaron Sorkin. Martin Scorsese...
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Personal Best (film) (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Impossible III First appearance Mission: Impossible Created by David Koepp Robert Towne Steven Zaillian Portrayed by Ving Rhames Voiced by Ving Rhames (Operation...
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directorial debut, and starring William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne and Henry Jaglom. Based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Jeremy...
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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...
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Days of Thunder (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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Ask the Dust (film) (category Films directed by Robert Towne)
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...
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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...
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The Firm (1993 film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
Theatrical release poster Directed by Sydney Pollack Screenplay by David Rabe Robert Towne David Rayfiel Based on The Firm by John Grisham Produced by John Davis...
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8 Million Ways to Die (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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Last Woman on Earth (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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Shampoo (film) (category Films with screenplays by Robert Towne)
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...
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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...
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Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne; they married in 1977 and divorced in 1982. Their daughter, Katharine Towne (born 1978), began a career as...
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starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, and Kurt Russell and directed by Robert Towne. On June 25, 2023, the Marin History Museum placed a historical marker...
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British society." Hunnam met actress Katharine Towne, daughter of actress Julie Payne and filmmaker Robert Towne, in 1999 when they both auditioned for roles...
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Mob Angela de Marco Jonathan Demme Tequila Sunrise Jo Ann Vallenari Robert Towne Dangerous Liaisons Madame Marie de Tourvel Stephen Frears 1989 The Fabulous...
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