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Michael Tolkin

Trivia:

Son of writer Mel Tolkin. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2009 Nine (screenplay)
 
2008 1% (TV movie)
 
2007 Masters of Science Fiction (TV mini-series)
Jerry Was a Man (2007) (teleplay)
 
2002 Changing Lanes (screenplay)
 
1998 Deep Impact (written by)
 
1997 The Player (TV movie)
 
1994 The Burning Season (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1994 The New Age (written by)
 
1992 Deep Cover (screenplay / story)
 
1992 The Player (novel "The Player" / screenplay)
 
1991 The Rapture (written by)
 
1989 Gleaming the Cube (written by)
 
1985 Let's Go (short)
 
1980 Taxi (TV series)
Shut It Down: Part 1 (1980) (story)
 
1979 Delta House (TV series)
Hoover and the Bomb (1979) (written by)
Big Man on Campus (1979) (written by)
The Guns of October (1979) (story)
 
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1979 Delta House (TV series) (story editor - 5 episodes)
The Blotto Who Came to Dinner (1979) (story editor)
Big Man on Campus (1979) (story editor)
The Draft (1979) (story editor)
Parent's Day (1979) (story editor)
The Shortest Yard (1979) (story editor)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2007 Masters of Science Fiction (TV mini-series)
Jerry Was a Man (2007)
 
1994 The New Age
 
1991 The Rapture
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2008 1% (TV movie) (producer)
 
1992 The Player (producer)
 
1989 Gleaming the Cube (associate producer)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1992 The Player
Eric Schecter
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011 Voltage (short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Levity (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Changing Lanes: The Writer's Perspective (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Rejected draft of Mission: Impossible II See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »
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Personal Quote:

The director is someone who can take all the intentions and make sense of them for the reality of a production. All scripts are too long, all written scenes are too long, all dialogue is too wordy. This is the inevitable dividend of being written in a room, alone. See more »

Trivia:

Son of writer Mel Tolkin. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra