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Occupation
  
Writer, film director

Name
  
Michael Tolkin


Role
  
Filmmaker

Spouse
  
Wendy Mogel

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Born
  
October 17, 1950 (age 73) (
1950-10-17
)
New York City, United States

Alma mater
  
Middlebury College (B.A., 1974)

Movies
  
The Player, The Rapture, Nine, Deep Impact

Children
  
Susanna Tolkin, Emma Tolkin

Parents
  
Mel Tolkin, Edith Leibovitch

Books
  
The Player, Among the dead, The Return of the Player, Under radar, The Player - The Rapture

Similar People
  
Robert Altman, Bruce Joel Rubin, Mimi Leder, Stephen Tolkin, Mel Tolkin

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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 novel of the same name (1988), and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (1993). The Return of the Player, followed (2006).

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Personal life and education

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Tolkin was born to a Jewish family 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.

He is a 1974 graduate of Middlebury College.

Tolkin lives in Los Angeles with his wife, author Wendy Mogel, 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 (1993)
  • Under Radar' (2003)
  • The Return of the Player (2006)
  • NK3 (2017)
  • References

    Michael Tolkin Wikipedia