Editing Robert Towne (section)

==Legacy and honors==

'''Awards'''
*[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
**1974: Nominated, [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], ''[[The Last Detail]]''
**1975: '''Won''', [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], ''Chinatown''
**1976: Nominated, Best Original Screenplay, ''Shampoo''
**1985: Nominated, Best Adapted Screenplay, ''Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan''
*[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Award]]
**1975: '''Won''', Best Screenplay, ''The Last Detail'' and ''Chinatown''
*[[Golden Globe Award]]
**1975: '''Won''', Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, ''Chinatown''
*[[Edgar Award]]
**1975: '''Won''', Best Motion Picture, ''Chinatown'' (Author)
*[[Writers Guild of America Award]]
**1997: [[Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement]]
*[[Nantucket Film Festival]]
**2015: Screenwriters Tribute Award

In the book ''Fifty Filmmakers'', journalist Andrew J. Rausch argues: "There is a strong case to be made that Robert Towne is the most gifted scribe ever to write for film. There can be little doubt that he is one of the finest ever."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ac17BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA244|page=244|title=Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary to Steven Zaillian|last=Rausch|first=Andrew J.|publisher=McFarland|date=2008|isbn=978-0786431496|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323040721/https://books.google.com/books?id=ac17BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA244|url-status=live}}</ref>