Robert Towne

Robert Towne (lahir Robert Bertram Schwartz; 23 November 1934 - 1 Juli 2024) adalah seorang penulis skenario, produser, sutradara dan aktor Amerika. Dia adalah bagian dari gelombang pembuatan film New Hollywood. Ia terkenal karena skenario asli pemenang Academy Award untuk Chinatown (1974) karya Roman Polanski, yang secara luas dianggap sebagai salah satu skenario terhebat yang pernah ditulis. Dia kemudian mengatakan bahwa itu terinspirasi oleh sebuah bab dalam Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) karya Carey McWilliams dan artikel majalah West tentang Los Angeles karya Raymond Chandler. Towne juga menulis sekuelnya, The Two Jakes (1990); drama komedi Hal Ashby The Last Detail (1973) dan Shampoo (1975); dan dua film Mission: Impossible pertama. Towne menyutradarai drama olahraga Personal Best (1982) dan Without Limits (1998), film thriller kriminal Tequila Sunrise (1988), dan drama kriminal romantis Ask the Dust (2006). Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Robert Towne, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Towne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.