Michael Tolkin


Michael L. Tolkin is an American filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Player, which he adapted from his novel of the same name, and for which he received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The Return of the Player, followed.
In 2018, Tolkin served as co-creator of the miniseries Escape at Dannemora with Brett Johnson. The series was based on the real-life 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape that led to a massive manhunt for two escape convicts in upstate New York.

Biography

Tolkin was born to a Romanian and Ukrainian Jewish family in New York City, New York, the son of Edith, 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