Robert Towne, the screenwriter and director ... an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Early in his career, Towne became known in Hollywood as a "script doctor," working on ...

Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who ... 1960 as a writer for low-budget producer-director Roger Corman, Towne earned an early reputation in Hollywood as a sought-after “script doctor ...

Small details that are touched on in the film are given life and breadth in a way that surprised even me." The as-yet-unrealized Netflix series wouldn't be Towne's first continuation of "Chinatown ...