Screenwriter Robert Towne, noted for his Oscar-winning screenplay “Chinatown’ has died:
Towne started writing screenplays for TV series, before hooking up with low-budget film director Roger Corman on “The Tomb of Ligeia”.
Part of the ‘New Hollywood’ wave of filmmaking, Towne wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay…
…for director Roman Polanski's “Chinatown” (1974) starring Jack Nicholson.
For director Hal Ashby, he wrote screenplays for “The Last Detail” (1973), also starring Nicholson…
…and “Shampoo” (1975), starring Warren Beatty.
Noted as a script doctor, Towne collaborated on numerous features including “Days of Thunder (1990), “The Firm” (1993) and Brian de Palma’s “Mission: Impossible” (1996).
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