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James Toback

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James Toback, highly respected as a screenwriter and the director of nine films, was born on November 23, 1944 in New York City to a successful garment manufacturer. A 1966 graduate of Harvard College, Toback later taught creative writing at City College of New York in the early 1970s. He suffered from a gambling compulsion that still plagues him... See full bio »

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2008 Tyson (documentary) (writer)
 
2005 The Beat That My Heart Skipped (earlier screenplay)
 
2004 When Will I Be Loved (written by)
 
2001 Harvard Man (written by)
 
1999/I Black and White (written by)
 
1997 Two Girls and a Guy (written by)
 
1991 Bugsy (written by)
 
1991 Bugsy: The Dark Passion of an American Dreamer (TV documentary)
 
1989 The Big Bang (documentary) (writer)
 
1987 The Pick-up Artist (written by)
 
1983 Exposed (writer)
 
1982 Love & Money
 
1978 Fingers (writer)
 
1974 The Gambler (written by)
 
Show ShowDirector (11 titles)
2013 Seduced and Abandoned (documentary)
 
2008 Tyson (documentary)
 
2004 When Will I Be Loved
 
2001 Harvard Man
 
1999/I Black and White
 
1997 Two Girls and a Guy
 
1989 The Big Bang (documentary)
 
1987 The Pick-up Artist
 
1983 Exposed
 
1982 Love & Money
 
1978 Fingers
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2004 When Will I Be Loved
Professor Hassan Al-Ibrahim Ben Rabinowitz
 
2003 Death of a Dynasty
Lyor Cohen
 
1999/I Black and White
Arnie Tishman
 
1999 Giving It Up
Dr. Hubbins
 
1991 Bugsy
Gus Greenbaum
 
1990 Alice
Professor
 
1983 Exposed
Leo Boscovitch
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2008 Tyson (documentary) (producer)
 
1983 Exposed (producer)
 
1982 Love & Money (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2013 Boxing at the Movies: Kings of the Ring (documentary)
Himself - Director
 
2009 Good Day L.A. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Media City (TV series)
Himself
– Toback on Tyson (2009) … Himself
 
1998-2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 April 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 June 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 April 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Automatic Thirteen (short)
Himself
 
2007 The Greatest Fashion Icons in Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Never Down
Himself
 
2007 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director, 'The Pick-Up Artist'
– Robert Downey Jr. (2007) … Himself - Director, 'The Pick-Up Artist'
 
2006 The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Jim Brown: All American (TV documentary)
Himself (Actor, Director)
 
2000 Keeping It Real: James Toback in Black and White (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Bugsy: The Dark Passion of an American Dreamer (TV documentary)
Host
 
1989 The Big Bang (documentary)
Interviewer/Narrataor
 
1968 Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (documentary)
Himself
 

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Biography: "JIM: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir on the Great Jim Brown"

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Was roommates with Jim Brown for about a year and a half before casting him in Fingers. See more »

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