Chinatown is a 1874 film directed by Roman Polanski.
Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film , directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne , starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway . Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański ( born 18 August 1933 ) is a French-Polish film director , producer , writer , actor , and convicted statutory rapist .