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FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Towne

1934 - Today

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Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter and director. He started with writing films for Roger Corman including The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). Later, he was a part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Towne has received more than 1,045,105 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Towne is the 855th most popular film director (down from 754th in 2019), the 5,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,844th in 2019) and the 215th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 48.33

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  • 19

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  • 2.78

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  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Towne ranks 855 out of 1,581Before him are George Sidney, Paul Morrissey, Dorothy Arzner, Raymond Bernard, Christian Petzold, and Ferzan Özpetek. After him are Yash Chopra, Tran Anh Hung, Bob Rafelson, Pyotr Todorovsky, Shane Black, and Cary Joji Fukunaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Robert Towne ranks 280Before him are Karl-Josef Rauber, Glenn Davis, Martín Pando, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Miroslav Ondříček, and Francisco J. Ayala. After him are Shirley Douglas, Henry Cooper, Roger Norrington, Lew Hoad, Vladislao Cap, and Enrique Mateos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Towne ranks 5,571 out of 18,182Before him are Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), and Zane Grey (1872). After him are Wendell Willkie (1892), George Calnan (1900), Paul Theroux (1941), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), and Joseph Brant (1742).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Towne ranks 215Before him are Bill Condon (1955), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Budd Boetticher (1916), George Sidney (1916), Paul Morrissey (1938), and Dorothy Arzner (1897). After him are Bob Rafelson (1933), Shane Black (1961), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Rob Marshall (1960), and John Lee Hancock (1956).

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