Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin

1950-10-17 New York City, New York, USA 14 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael L. Tolkin (born October 17, 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player (1992), which he adapted from his 1988 book by the same name, and for which he received the 1993 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. A follow-up book, The Return of the Player, was published in 2006. Tolkin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edith (née Leibovitch), a studio executive and film i...

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Nine

Nine

2009

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Wit...

1%

2008

Writer, Executive Producer

7.8
Writing Producing

Drama set in the world of biker gangs.

50 Films to See Before You Die

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

Celebrating the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel, Channel4 counts down their list of the fop 50 films to see before you die, as compiled ...

Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

2004

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two pe...

Deep Impact

Deep Impact

1998

Writer

6.2
Writing

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to sav...

The Burning Season

The Burning Season

1994

Writer

6.2
Writing

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their par...

The New Age

The New Age

1994

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begi...

The Player

The Player

1992

as Eric Schecter

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

The Player

The Player

1992

Novel, Screenplay, Producer

7.2
Writing Producing

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Deep Cover

Deep Cover

1992

Story, Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian fore...

The Rapture

The Rapture

1991

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God – only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have ima...

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

1989

Writer, Associate Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him die...

Planned Improvisation

N/A

as Himself

Acting

In the following documentary, produced in 2016, actor Tim Robbins, author and screenwriter Michael Tolkin, production designer Stephen Altman, and ass...