Robert Towne
Director/Co-writer
Robert Towne, whose last picture for Warner Bros. was
Tequila Sunrise, which he wrote and directed, is best known for his Academy Award - winning script for the classic film
Chinatown. Most recently, Towne co-wrote (with
David Koepp)
Mission: Impossible, which was produced by
Tom Cruise and
Paula Wagner, and in which Cruise stars. Towne's additional credits as a writer include
The Last Detail and
Shampoo (with
Warren Beatty), both of which earned him Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay;
Tequila Sunrise, starring
Mel Gibson,
Kurt Russell and
Michelle Pfeiffer and
Personal Best (both of which he also directed);
Days of Thunder (which starred Tom Cruise); and
The Firm (which also starred Tom Cruise).
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