Robert Towne
American screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934-2024) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Robert Towne was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including The Tomb of Ligeia in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
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Tom Cruise Produced Suspect Zero and Mission: Impossible
Warren Beatty Produced Shampoo and The Pick-up Artist
Paula Wagner Produced Suspect Zero and Mission: Impossible
Jack Nicholson Directed Drive, He Said and The Two Jakes
William Mapother Robert directed Ask the Dust and Without Limits
Roger Corman Directed Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Hal Ashby Directed The Last Detail and Shampoo
Jeff Corey Taught Robert
Luana Anders Robert wrote The Last Detail (1976)
Roman Polanski Directed Chinatown (1974)
Donald Sutherland Robert directed Ask the Dust and Without Limits
Gene Hackman Robert wrote Bonnie and Clyde and The Firm
Sydney Pollack Directed The Yakuza and The Firm
Faye Dunaway Robert wrote Chinatown and Bonnie and Clyde
Robert Evans Produced Chinatown and The Two Jakes
Wallace Shawn Robert produced The Bedroom Window (1987)
Ving Rhames Also in Mission: Impossible (1996)
William Friedkin Robert directed Without Limits (1998)
Randy Quaid Robert wrote Days of Thunder (1990)
Dean Norris Robert directed Without Limits (1998)
Betsy Jones-Moreland Also in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)- Jonathan Sanger Produced Without Limits (1998)
Mel Gibson Robert directed Tequila Sunrise (1989)
Raul Julia Robert directed Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2024 · aged 89
