Michael Tolkin 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, and for which he received the 1993 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. A follow-up book, Return of the Player, was published in 2006.Tolkin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edith, a studio executive, and the late comedy writer Mel Tolkin. Tolkin lives in Los Angeles with his wife Wendy Mogel (parenting expert and author of bestseller The Blessing of a Skinned Knee).
Brother of Stephen Tolkin
Son of writer Mel Tolkin.
Attended the same high school as Angelina Jolie , Michael Klesic , Nicolas Cage , Lenny Kravitz , David Schwimmer , Jonathan Silverman , Gina Gershon , Rhonda Fleming , Jackie Cooper , Rob Reiner , Antonio Sabato. Jr., Pauly Shore , Betty White , Corbin Bernsen , Elizabeth Daily , Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
Graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont.
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. .
