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Michael Tollin is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 6 october 1955 at Philadelphia (USA)

Michael Tollin

Michael Tollin
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 october 1955 (68 years) at Philadelphia (USA)

Michael "Mike" Tollin (born October 6, 1955) is an American film director and film/television producer. His career highlights included Radio, Coach Carter, and Varsity Blues. He frequently collaborates with Brian Robbins in which they own a production company together called Tollin/Robbins Productions. They created and produced such shows like All That, The Amanda Show, Kenan & Kel, One Tree Hill, Smallville, What I Like About You, The Bronx is Burning, and Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream.

Tollin was the producer of the weekly highlights show for the United States Football League, the springtime football league which played from 1983 through 1985. In 2009, he served as executive producer for the hour-long documentary Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? for ESPN's 30 for 30 series. He was also part of a number of the series films, as one of the production members.

Tollin is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Best films

Wild Hogs (2007)
(Producer)
Norbit (2007)
(Executive Producer)
Coach Carter (2005)
(Producer)
Varsity Blues (1999)
(Producer)
Hardball (2001)
(Producer)

Usually with

Brian Robbins
Brian Robbins
(14 films)
John Gatins
John Gatins
(8 films)
Marci Liroff
Marci Liroff
(3 films)
Don Burgess
Don Burgess
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael Tollin (19 films)

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Director

Radio
Radio (2003)
, 1h49
Directed by Michael Tollin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, American football films, Films about disabilities
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Sharon Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Riley Smith, Sarah Drew
Rating69% 3.4520453.4520453.4520453.4520453.452045
James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, a 18-year-old man with mental disabilities, pushes a shopping cart along the streets daily. He is attracted to a high school football team and often passes by their practices. One day, a football flies outside the field and lands near Radio. Radio takes the ball, deaf to the demands to return it by a student athlete on the other side of the fence. Sometime later, the team members tie up Radio and lock him inside the gear shed. The team's coach, Harold Jones, hears the team members throw balls at the shed and goes to comfort Radio. Upon meeting Radio on the streets another day, Coach Jones asks Radio to visit and help at training. Coach Jones returns Radio to his home, where he meets Radio's mother. It is revealed that Radio has a brother named Walter, who does not live with them, and that their father died a few years prior.
Summer Catch, 1h48
Directed by Michael Tollin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick, Brittany Murphy, Gabriel Mann
Rating51% 2.5521252.5521252.5521252.5521252.552125
Ryan Dunne is a local baseball prospect who gets an opportunity to play in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Athletics. Dunne was born and raised in Chatham, Massachusetts and dreams of playing in the major leagues. He helps his dad with his landscaping business and takes care of Veteran's Field, where the Chatham A's play.

Scriptwriter

Producer

The Zookeeper's Wife, 2h4
Directed by Niki Caro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Actors Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, Iddo Goldberg, Goran Kostić
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70% 3.504333.504333.504333.504333.50433
L'histoire d'Antonina Żabiński et de son mari, gardiens du zoo de Varsovie, qui ont sauvé la vie de 300 juifs pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.
Chuck
Chuck (2017)
, 1h38
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Pooch Hall
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.2465553.2465553.2465553.2465553.246555
En 1975, le boxeur poids lourd Chuck Wepner affronte sur le ring le champion de la même catégorie, Mohamed Ali. Alors que tout le monde pense qu'il va se ridiculiser, Chuck tient quasiment les 15 rounds. Il gagne le respect du public et devient une célébrité. D'autant plus que son histoire a inspiré un jeune acteur alors inconnu, Sylvester Stallone, qui écrit alors le scénario d'un futur film à succès, Rocky. Chuck, le fêtard, va cependant tomber dans une spirale qui l'éloigne de sa femme Phyl et de sa fille Kimberley.
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Consulting Producer
Rating68% 3.4457353.4457353.4457353.4457353.445735
Le 13 février 1993, la star du basket-ball de Bethel High School, Allen Iverson, est entrée dans un bowling de Hampton, en Virginie, avec plusieurs camarades de classe. Censée être une soirée ordinaire, c'est devenu une nuit qui a changé la jeune vie d'Iverson. Une bagarre a rapidement éclaté entre les jeunes amis noirs d'Iverson et un groupe d'hommes blancs plus âgés. Les retombées de la rixe et le déroulement du procès qui a suivi ont conduit le meilleur athlète de lycée du pays en prison et ont fortement divisé la ville selon des critères raciaux...
Norbit
Norbit (2007)
, 1h42
Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Thandie Newton, Terry Crews, Cuba Gooding Jr., Khamani Griffin, Eddie Murphy, Clifton Powell
Roles Executive Producer
Rating42% 2.118892.118892.118892.118892.11889
Norbit Albert Rice (Eddie Murphy) and Kate Thomas (Thandie Newton) are best friends as children at a combination Chinese restaurant and orphanage owned by their father figure, Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy), but are separated when Kate gets adopted. While being bullied by twins on a playground one day, Norbit is saved by a tough, overweight girl named Rasputia Latimore (Eddie Murphy) who scares him into being her boyfriend. Though at first she genuinely likes Norbit and cares about him, going as far as intimidating other kids into letting Norbit play with them – Rasputia's kindness deteriorates as she grows up to be an ignorant, arrogant, vindictive, and mean-spirited woman. She eventually pressures Norbit into marrying her, and bullies, insults, and controls him to make sure that she keeps him all to herself. Norbit is also belittled by Rasputia's older brothers, Big Black Jack (Terry Crews), Blue (Lester 'Rasta' Speight), and Earl (Clifton Powell), working as a bookkeeper at their local construction company. The Latimore brothers also run a "security business" and instill fear in everyone in the town except Mr. Wong, who refuses to sell his establishment to them.
Wild Hogs
Wild Hogs (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Walt Becker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.901332.901332.901332.901332.90133
Doug Madsen (Tim Allen), Woody Stevens (John Travolta), Bobby Davis (Martin Lawrence), and Dudley Frank (William H. Macy) are four middle-aged suburban men living in a Cincinnati area suburb who find themselves frustrated with the pace of daily life and lack of adventure. Doug is a dentist who has trouble relating to his son Billy (Dominic Janes), Dudley is a single clumsy computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women. Bobby is a henpecked plumber whose wife has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book, and Woody is a rich lawyer married to a supermodel. They find escape from their lives on weekends by riding motorcycles together pretending to be a biker gang called the "Wild Hogs".
Coach Carter, 2h16
Directed by Thomas Carter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Basketball films, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Ashanti, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Nana Gbewonyo, Rick Gonzalez
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.6520553.6520553.6520553.6520553.652055
Coach Ken Carter takes over the head coaching job for the basketball team at his old high school Richmond, having played on the team himself and earning records. Carter quickly sees that the athletes are rude and disrespectful, and are in need of discipline. He hands the players individual contracts, instructing them to attend all of their classes, wear dress shirts and ties on game days, refer to everyone (players and coach alike) as "sir", and maintain a minimum 2.3 (C+) grade point average, among other requirements. Carter also asks the school staff for progress reports on the players' grades and attendance. He teaches them to play a disciplined brand of basketball.
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story, 1h42
Directed by John Gatins
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Actors Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodríguez
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.401973.401973.401973.401973.40197
Ben (Kurt Russell), a horse trainer who takes his work very seriously, neglects his precocious daughter while he pours his heart into the care of the horses that he trains.
The Perfect Score, 1h33
Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Matthew Lillard, Vanessa Angel
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.850732.850732.850732.850732.85073
The film revolves around high school student Kyle (Chris Evans), who needs a high score on the SAT to get into his preferred architecture program at Cornell University. He constantly compares himself to his older brother Larry, who is now living above his parents' garage. Kyle's best friend, Matty (Bryan Greenberg), wants to get a high score so he can go to the same college as his girlfriend, but he is an underachiever who had previously received a low score on his PSAT. They both believe that the SAT is standing in the way of their futures.