James Toback

James Toback

1944-11-23 New York City, New York, USA 36 Credits

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

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Michael Cimino, God Bless America

Michael Cimino, God Bless America

2022

as Self

7.8
Acting

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

We Blew It

2017

as Self

5.6
Acting

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

An Imperfect Murder

2017

as Franklin (uncredited)

3.5
Acting

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

An Imperfect Murder

2017

Director, Writer

3.5
Directing Writing

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

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident

2016

as Self (voice)

Acting

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

Mississippi Grind

2015

as Tony Roundtree

6.0
Acting

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

The Gambler

2014

Story, Executive Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

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

River of Fundament

2014

as Wake Guest

6.2
Acting

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

A Fuller Life

2013

as Self - Reader (segment "Chaos & Bewilderment")

6.6
Acting

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

Seduced and Abandoned

2013

Writer, Director, Producer

6.2
Writing Directing Producing

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

Tyson

2008

Director, Producer, Writer

6.9
Directing Producing Writing

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

Never Down

2007

as Self

Acting

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

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

2006

as Self

Acting

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

The Outsider

The Outsider

2005

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

Original Story

6.9
Writing

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

When Will I Be Loved

2004

as Professor Hassan Al-Ibrahim Ben Rabinowitz

3.9
Acting

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

When Will I Be Loved

When Will I Be Loved

2004

Writer, Director

3.9
Writing Directing

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Death of a Dynasty

Death of a Dynasty

2003

as Lyor Cohen

5.4
Acting

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

Acting

The director and the actor from Fingers (1978) talks about the film

Jim Brown: All-American

Jim Brown: All-American

2002

as Self

5.0
Acting

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

Harvard Man

2001

Director, Writer

4.7
Directing Writing

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

Black and White

1999

as Arnie Tishman

4.7
Acting

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

Black and White

1999

Writer, Director

4.7
Writing Directing

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

Giving It Up

1999

as Dr. Hubbins

4.1
Acting

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

Two Girls and a Guy

1998

Writer, Director

5.3
Writing Directing

Two women confront their boyfriend, a two-timing actor who professed eternal love to each.

Bugsy

Bugsy

1991

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

Alice

1990

as Professor

6.4
Acting

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

The Big Bang

1990

as Interviewer / Narrataor

4.2
Acting

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

The Big Bang

1990

Director

4.2
Directing

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

The Pick-up Artist

1987

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Exposed

Exposed

1983

as Leo Boscovitch

4.5
Acting

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

Exposed

1983

Writer, Director, Producer

4.5
Writing Directing Producing

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

Love and Money

1981

Director, Screenplay

4.9
Directing Writing

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

Fingers

1978

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

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

The Gambler

1974

Writer

6.7
Writing

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?

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?

1968

as Self

Acting

Portrait of Norman Mailer at the time of the Pentagon demonstrations in 1967, documenting Mailer's involvement and arrest, together with two TV appear...