Robert Towne (b. 1934) is one of the writers of Mission: Impossible and Mission: Impossible II.
Towne is an American writer who has also written movies such as Villa Rides, The Last Detail, Chinatown, The Yakuza, Shampoo, Personal Best, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Tequila Sunrise, Days of Thunder, The Two Jakes, The Firm, and Ask the Dust.