- Date of Birth: 23 November, 1934
- Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
- Biography: Robert Burton Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter and director.
Filmography
- Ask the Dust (2006)
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
- Suspect Zero (2004)
- Wonderland (2003)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Without Limits (1998)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Love Affair (1994)
- The Firm (1993)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
- The Two Jakes (1990)
- Days of Thunder (1990)
News
Friday night, screenwriter Robert Towne was feted following the 35th anniversary screening of his masterpiece, Chinatown . No one hit wonder, Mr. Towne's other screenwriting credits include Mission Impossible 1 and 2, Shampoo , The Firm and The Last Detail... ... Full Article
Robert Towne will receive the AFI Dallas Star Award in recognition of his career as a film-maker and screenwriter on the 35th anniversary of Chinatown . ... Full Article
The AFI, which honors those in front and behind the camera of movies and TV shows, will celebrate its selections at a Jan. 9 luncheon in Los Angeles. ... Full Article
Paul Newman as Cool Hand Luke.
baltimoresun.com –
2008-09-28
Paul Newman the actor, director, race car driver, political activist and philanthropist has died - and a buoyant strain of the American spirit has gone with him. ... Full Article
10,000 B.C.
pastemagazine.com –
2008-03-06
Studio/Run Time: Warner Brothers, 109 mins. 10,000 B.C. takes place a long time ago in a galaxy that I think is supposed to be very, very near . ... Full Article
February 29, 2008
tampabay.com –
2008-02-29
Now 10 years old, the Sarasota Film Festival is one of the most respected in the U.S. I've had a lot of great times there, from interviewing the late director Robert Altman to pissing off Oscar winning screenwriter Robert Towne... ... Full Article


Donald harrassed Robert Towne for a part
Robert Towne * "Chinatown" AFI Film Festival 09