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Last Woman on Earth (1960) -- Ev; her husband, Harold; and their lawyer friend, Martin, are skindiving while on vacation in Puerto Rico...
"The Outer Limits" (1963): Season 1: Episode 31 -- The Army suspects the defection of an agent (Robert Duvall) sent to infiltrate the crew of a crippled alien ship.
Mission: Impossible (1996) -- An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) -- A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
The Outsider (2005) -- Warning: Adult Content – A very inside look at what it means to be a filmmaker

Overview

Date of Birth:
23 November 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Writer, director, producer, actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA... more
Trivia:
Father of Chiara Towne. more
STARmeter: ?
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
Movie Review: The Box
 (From Huffington Post. 6 November 2009, 7:52 AM, PST)
Chinatown's 35th Anniversary Edition and the Polanski Scandal
 (From Huffington Post. 24 October 2009, 12:05 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Robert Tubin | P.H. Vazak | Edward Wain

Filmography

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In Development What's this?
  1. Monk on Fire (details only on IMDb Pro)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The 39 Steps (announced) (2011) (screenplay) 2011 - -
- 2. Ask the Dust (2006) (screenplay) 2006 - 5.8 (4,134)
- 3. Mission: Impossible II (2000)   (screenplay) 2000 $545M 5.7 (79,298)
AKAs:
  • M:I-2 (USA: DVD box title (promotional abbreviation))
  • Mission: Impossible II (Germany)
- 4. Without Limits (1998) (written by) 1998 - 6.9 (3,165)
- 5. Mission: Impossible (1996)   (screenplay) 1996 $452M 6.8 (78,971)
AKAs:
  • Mission Impossible
- 6. Love Affair (1994) (screenplay) 1994 - 5.4 (2,332)
- 7. The Firm (1993) (screenplay) 1993 $262M 6.7 (33,114)
- 8. The Two Jakes (1990) (characters) (written by) 1990 - 6.0 (4,240)
- 9. Days of Thunder (1990) (screenplay) (story) 1990 $166M 5.4 (23,504)
- 10. Tequila Sunrise (1988) (written by) 1988 - 5.7 (10,569)
- 11. Frantic (1988)   (uncredited) 1988 - 6.7 (16,275)
AKAs:
  • Frantic (France)
- 12. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) (uncredited) 1987 - 4.9 (481)
- 13. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) (uncredited) 1986 - 5.2 (1,492)
- 14. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (writer) (as P.H. Vazak) 1984 - 6.1 (6,579)
- 15. Deal of the Century (1983) (uncredited) 1983 - 4.1 (1,776)
- 16. Personal Best (1982) (writer) 1982 - 6.3 (1,037)
- 17. Heaven Can Wait (1978) (uncredited) 1978 - 6.8 (7,177)
- 18. Orca (1977)   (uncredited) 1977 - 4.9 (3,319)
AKAs:
  • Orca: Killer Whale
  • The Killer Whale
- 19. The Missouri Breaks (1976) (uncredited) 1976 - 6.4 (2,821)
- 20. Shampoo (1975) (written by) 1975 - 6.3 (3,884)
- 21. The Yakuza (1974)   (screenplay) 1974 - 7.3 (2,127)
AKAs:
  • Brotherhood of the Yakuza (UK: video title)
- 22. Chinatown (1974) (written by) 1974 - 8.5 (70,427)
- 23. The Parallax View (1974) (uncredited) 1974 - 7.4 (4,523)
- 24. The Last Detail (1973) (screenplay) 1973 - 7.5 (6,317)
- 25. The New Centurions (1972)   (uncredited) 1972 - 6.8 (540)
AKAs:
  • Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police
- 26. Cisco Pike (1972) (uncredited) 1972 - 6.4 (368)
- 27. Drive, He Said (1971) (uncredited) 1971 - 5.8 (213)
- 28. Villa Rides (1968) (screenplay) 1968 - 6.2 (379)
- 29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (uncredited) 1967 - 8.1 (36,737)
- 30. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 8.2 (578)
- 31. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)   (screenplay) 1964 - 6.6 (1,294)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia (UK: complete title)
  • Last Tomb of Ligeia
  • Ligeia
  • Tomb of the Cat
- 32. "The Outer Limits" (1963)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 8.4 (839)
1 TV episode:
- 33. "Breaking Point" (1963)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 8.3 (6)
- 34. "The Lloyd Bridges Show" (1962)   (2 episodes, 1963) 1963 - 6.3 (7)
- 35. Last Woman on Earth (1960) (screenplay) 1960 - 4.8 (534)
Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Suspect Zero (2004)   (uncredited) Professor Dates 2004 - 5.8 (8,863)
AKAs:
  • Suspect 0 (Philippines: English title)
- 2. The Pick-up Artist (1987) Stan 1987 - 4.6 (2,034)
- 3. Shampoo (1975) (uncredited) Party Guest 1975 - 6.3 (3,884)
- 4. Drive, He Said (1971) Richard 1971 - 5.8 (213)
- 5. The Zodiac Killer (1971)   (as Robert Tubin) Man in Bar #3 1971 - 4.2 (141)
AKAs:
  • The Zodiak Killer (USA: video box title)
  • Zodiac (USA: promotional title)
- 6. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) (as Edward Wain) Sparks Moran/Agent XK150/Narrator 1961 - 2.9 (1,069)
- 7. Last Woman on Earth (1960) (as Edward Wain) Martin Joyce 1960 - 4.8 (534)
Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The 39 Steps (announced) (2011) 2011 - -
- 2. Ask the Dust (2006) 2006 - 5.8 (4,134)
- 3. Without Limits (1998) 1998 - 6.9 (3,165)
- 4. Tequila Sunrise (1988) 1988 - 5.7 (10,569)
- 5. Personal Best (1982) 1982 - 6.3 (1,037)
Producer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Bedroom Window (1987) (producer) 1987 - 6.3 (1,746)
- 2. Personal Best (1982) (producer) 1982 - 6.3 (1,037)
Miscellaneous Crew
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) (story consultant) 1989 - 7.1 (1,567)
- 2. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (special consultant) 1967 - 8.1 (36,737)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Young Racers (1963) (second assistant director) 1963 - 3.6 (92)
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Independent Lens" (1999)   special thanks (1 episode, 2006) 2006 - 8.2 (92)
- 2. Wonderland (2003) (the producers and director wish to thank) 2003 - 6.6 (10,738)
- 3. Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV) (special thanks) 2002 - 7.1 (33)
- 4. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) (thanks) 1987 - 4.9 (481)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV) Himself 2008 - 8.0 (41)
- 2. You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V) Himself - Interviewee 2008 - 8.2 (70)
- 3. Chinatown: Filming (2007) (V) Himself 2007 - 5.8 (8)
- 4. Chinatown: The Beginning and the End (2007) (V) Himself 2007 - 5.6 (10)
- 5. Chinatown: The Legacy (2007) (V) Himself 2007 - 5.1 (8)
- 6. 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)   Himself 2006 - 5.5 (139)
AKAs:
  • Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die (UK: complete title)
- 7. Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) (V) Himself 2005 - 7.0 (29)
- 8. Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) Interviewee 2005 - 7.1 (84)
- 9. The Outsider (2005) Himself 2005 - 7.0 (105)
- 10. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV)   Himself 2003 - 6.7 (190)
AKAs:
  • AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters (USA: complete title)
- 11. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) Himself 2003 - 7.6 (1,028)
- 12. Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV) (uncredited) Himself 2002 - 7.1 (33)
- 13. Rescued from the Closet (2001) (V) Himself 2001 - 6.8 (33)
- 14. Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America (2000) (TV) Himself (Film Director) 2000 - 3.9 (19)
- 15. Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2' (2000) (V)   Himself 2000 - 4.1 (67)
AKAs:
  • Behind the Mission: The Making of 'Mission: Impossible II' (USA: DVD title)
- 16. Chinatown Revisited with Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne (1999) (V) Himself 1999 - 7.2 (29)
- 17. "American Masters" (1983)   Himself (1 episode, 1998) 1998 - 8.3 (66)
- 18. "Cadillac Desert" (1997) Himself (unknown episodes) 1997 - 7.7 (35)
- 19. "CBS This Morning" (1987)   Himself (1 episode, 1990) 1990 - 3.5 (8)
1 TV episode:
- 20. The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) (TV) Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay 1975 - 6.3 (64)

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Drama | Thriller | Documentary | Crime more
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Murder | Female Nudity | Based On Novel | Independent Film more

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