Biography
James Lee Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Toback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Complete Filmography

Michael Cimino, God Bless America
2022
as Self
A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the ...

We Blew It
2017
as Self
How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived...

An Imperfect Murder
2017
as Franklin (uncredited)
Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake, ...

An Imperfect Murder
2017
Director, Writer
Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake, ...

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident
2016
as Self (voice)
Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bo...

Mississippi Grind
2015
as Tony Roundtree
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The...

The Gambler
2014
Story, Executive Producer
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangste...

River of Fundament
2014
as Wake Guest
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collabora...

A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Chaos & Bewilderment")
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child...

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Writer, Director, Producer
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of r...

Tyson
2008
Director, Producer, Writer
Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSO...

Never Down
2007
as Self
Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces conspirin...

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

The Outsider
2005
as Self
Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or distribut...

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
Original Story
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career thre...

When Will I Be Loved
2004
as Professor Hassan Al-Ibrahim Ben Rabinowitz
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

When Will I Be Loved
2004
Writer, Director
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Lyor Cohen
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-...
Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
2002
The director and the actor from Fingers (1978) talks about the film

Jim Brown: All-American
2002
as Self
Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film d...

Harvard Man
2001
Director, Writer
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketb...

Black and White
1999
as Arnie Tishman
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high schoo...

Black and White
1999
Writer, Director
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high schoo...

Giving It Up
1999
as Dr. Hubbins
A womanizing New York adman attempts to identify the causes of, and find a remedy for, his so-called addiction to sex, in order to win the love of a w...

Two Girls and a Guy
1998
Writer, Director
Two women confront their boyfriend, a two-timing actor who professed eternal love to each.

Bugsy
1991
Screenplay
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitat...

Alice
1990
as Professor
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...

The Big Bang
1990
as Interviewer / Narrataor
Filmmaker James Toback poses basic questions in philosophy, such as why we're here and where we're going, to various celebrities and ordinary people.

The Big Bang
1990
Director
Filmmaker James Toback poses basic questions in philosophy, such as why we're here and where we're going, to various celebrities and ordinary people.

The Pick-up Artist
1987
Director, Writer
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Exposed
1983
as Leo Boscovitch
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for he...

Exposed
1983
Writer, Director, Producer
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for he...

Love and Money
1981
Director, Screenplay
An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new count...

Fingers
1978
Director, Writer
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his drea...

The Gambler
1974
Writer
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
1968
as Self
Portrait of Norman Mailer at the time of the Pentagon demonstrations in 1967, documenting Mailer's involvement and arrest, together with two TV appear...