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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Nine
2009
Screenplay
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
Drama set in the world of biker gangs.
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
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
2004
Screenplay
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
Changing Lanes
2002
Screenplay
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
1998
Writer
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
1994
Writer
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
1994
Director, Writer
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
1992
as Eric Schecter
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
The Player
1992
Novel, Screenplay, Producer
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Deep Cover
1992
Story, Screenplay
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
1991
Director, Writer
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
1989
Writer, Associate Producer
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
In the following documentary, produced in 2016, actor Tim Robbins, author and screenwriter Michael Tolkin, production designer Stephen Altman, and ass...