Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin
Michael Tolkin at the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara 25, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, March 2010
Born	October 17, 1950 (1950-10-17) (age 61) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Middlebury College
Occupation	Writer, film director

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

Personal life and education

Tolkin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edith (née Leibovitch), a studio executive and film industry lawyer, and the late comedy writer Mel Tolkin.^[3]

Michael Tolkin is a graduate of Middlebury College.

Tolkin lives in Los Angeles with his wife Wendy Mogel (parenting expert and author of bestseller The Blessing of a Skinned Knee) and their two daughters, Susanna and Emma.

Filmography

• Gleaming the Cube (1989 - screenplay)
• The Rapture (1991 - screenplay/director)
• The Player (1992 - screenplay, from his novel)
• Deep Cover (1992 - co-screenplay)
• The New Age (1994 - screenplay/director)
• The Burning Season (1994 - co-teleplay)
• Deep Impact (1998 - co-screenplay)
• The Haunting (1999 - co-screenplay, uncredited)
• Changing Lanes (2002 - co-screenplay)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004 - co-screenplay, uncredited)
• Nine (2009 - co-screenplay)

Selected books

• The Player (1988)
• Among the Dead (2002)
• Under Radar' (2003)
• The Return of the Player (2006)^[4]

References

1. ^ Tolkin, Michael, "The Player", 1st ed., New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. ISBN 0871132281
2. ^ Tolkin, Michael, The Return of the Player, 1st ed., New York : Grove Press, 2006. ISBN 0802118011
3. ^ Filmreference.com
4. ^ Allen Barra "Novel: L.A.'s Scariest Product," American Heritage, Nov./Dec. 2006.

External links

• Michael Tolkin at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Tolkin at AllRovi

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Name	Tolkin, Michael
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Date of birth	October 17, 1950
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