Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89

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Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. During a long career that began in the 1960s, when he went to work as an actor and writer for B-movie director Roger Corman, Towne became one of the […]

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Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89

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