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Robert Towne

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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... See full bio »

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Robert Bertram Schwartz
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2012 Pompeii (TV series) (in production)
 
2009 Roads of Asgard (video short) (story)
 
2006 Ask the Dust (screenplay)
 
2000 Mission: Impossible II (screenplay)
 
1998 Without Limits (written by)
 
1996 Mission: Impossible (screenplay)
 
1994 Love Affair (screenplay)
 
1993 The Firm (screenplay)
 
1990 The Two Jakes (characters / written by)
 
1990 Days of Thunder (screenplay / story)
 
1988 Tequila Sunrise (written by)
 
1988 Frantic (uncredited)
 
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance (uncredited)
 
1986 8 Million Ways to Die (uncredited)
 
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (as P.H. Vazak)
 
1983 Deal of the Century (uncredited)
 
1982 Personal Best (written by)
 
1978 Heaven Can Wait (uncredited)
 
1977 Orca (uncredited)
 
1976 The Missouri Breaks (uncredited)
 
1975 Shampoo (written by)
 
1974 The Yakuza (screenplay)
 
1974 Chinatown (written by)
 
1974 The Parallax View (uncredited)
 
1973 The Last Detail (screenplay)
 
1972 The New Centurions (uncredited)
 
1972 Cisco Pike (uncredited)
 
1971 Drive, He Said (uncredited)
 
1968 Villa Rides (screenplay)
 
1967 Bonnie and Clyde (uncredited)
 
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Dove Affair (1964) (written by)
 
1964 The Tomb of Ligeia (screenplay)
 
1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
– The Chameleon (1964) (story / teleplay)
 
1964 Breaking Point (TV series)
– So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time (1964) (writer)
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
– A Personal Matter (1963) (teleplay)
– My Daddy Can Lick Your Daddy (1963) (writer)
 
1960 Last Woman on Earth (screenplay)
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2004 Suspect Zero
Professor Dates (uncredited)
 
1987 The Pick-up Artist
Stan
 
1975 Shampoo
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1971 Drive, He Said
Richard
 
1971 The Zodiac Killer
Man in Bar #3 (as Robert Tubin)
 
1961 Creature from the Haunted Sea
Sparks Moran/Agent XK150/Narrator (as Edward Wain)
 
1960 Last Woman on Earth
Martin Joyce (as Edward Wain)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
2009 Roads of Asgard (video short)
 
2006 Ask the Dust
 
1998 Without Limits
 
1988 Tequila Sunrise
 
1982 Personal Best
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (story consultant)
 
1967 Bonnie and Clyde (special consultant)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1987 The Bedroom Window (producer)
 
1982 Personal Best (producer)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2009 Roads of Asgard (video short)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2009 Roads of Asgard (video short)
 
1963 The Young Racers (second assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– A Sad Flower in the Sand (2006) (special thanks)
 
2003 Wonderland (the producers and director wish to thank)
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance (thanks)
 
1982 The Escape Artist (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (25 titles)
2013 Salinger (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.9 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2009 Robert Towne (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (TV special)
Himself
 
1998-2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
– You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) … Himself - Interviewee
– Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998) … Himself
 
2008 Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Chinatown: The Legacy (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Chinatown: The Beginning and the End (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Chinatown: Filming (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: An American Original (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Interviewee
 
2005 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Rescued from the Closet (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America (TV documentary)
Himself - Film Director
 
2000 Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Screenwriter
– Homefront: 1941-1945 … Himself - Screenwriter
 
1999 Chinatown Revisited with Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Cadillac Desert (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1990 CBS This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 July 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1982 Screenwriters: Word Into Image (TV series)
Himself
– Robert Towne (1982) … Himself
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Robert Tubin | P.H. Vazak | Edward Wain
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Personal Quote:

"There are the big tent-pole movies and the struggling independents. All these movies that we've spoken about, like Chinatown and The Last Detail, would probably be independent movies today, and would not be financed in the normal course of things. And that's unhealthy. The amount of ancillary effort unrelated to what goes up on-screen by filmmakers... See more »

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