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Hall of Fame Award

Each year Final Draft, Inc. gives its Hall of Fame Award to an industry leader whose body of work has been an inspiration to writers and filmmakers worldwide.
 

2009 Final Draft, Inc. Hall of Fame Award Recipient -
Robert Towne
Robert Towne is an Oscar®-winning writer and a script doctor extraordinaire. His films have been a significant contribution to the cultural landscape. Chinatown is perhaps the most studied script in film schools and screenwriting classes worldwide, making Mr. Towne a founding father of contemporary screenwriting. Final Draft, Inc. is proud to celebrate his contribution to cinema and television both past and present, and his role in forming the next generation of screenwriters.

  Hall of Fame Galleries

2011 - Steven Zaillian

2010 - Aaron Sorkin

2009 - Robert Towne

2008 - Stephen J. Cannell

2007 - Oliver Stone

2006 - Syd Field

2005 - Sydney Pollack
 
   

Final Draft, Inc. Gets Close Up with the Legendary Robert Towne

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Final Draft, Inc. Gets Close Up with the Legendary Robert Towne

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Robert Towne congratulating second-place Big Break™ contest winner Kevin Lee Miller (Trigger Mom)		  
Robert Towne giving his acceptance speech in The Paley Center for Media’s John H Mitchell Theater
     

Marc Madnick, CEO, Final Draft, Inc. with Robert Towne on the red carpet		  
Marc Madnick, CEO, Final Draft, Inc. on the red carpet with Hall of Fame recipient Robert Towne and Contest Director Liz Alani
     
All images by ©2009 Final Draft, Inc.
Photos by Tommy Brockert