Michael Tollin
Nacimiento : 1955-10-06, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Historia
Michael "Mike" Tollin (born June 10, 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 a few others. 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.
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Director
Bill Bradley has experienced many lives and has worn many hats throughout his lifetime. After becoming an accomplished college and professional basketball player, he made a major move into Democratic politics and advocacy. This might sound like an unexpected career change, but to Bradley it was the next logical step. The same can be said for how he worked on an oral history of his life and career for three years, excruciatingly committing it to memory, before premiering it in New York City in December 2021. Rolling Along is the live theatrical recording of this monumental performance. Interspersing archival footage with Bradley’s performance, the film honors a uniquely American life, paying tribute to the act of storytelling in a way that hasn’t been done in a very long time. In our times of division and uncertainty, perhaps we can all learn something from Bradley’s stories about perseverance, acceptance, and unity.
Executive Producer
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
Executive Producer
Usando imágenes olímpicas sin precedentes y material detrás de escena, The Redeem Team cuenta la historia de la búsqueda del oro del equipo olímpico de baloncesto masculino de EE.UU. en los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2008 después de la impactante actuación del equipo anterior cuatro años antes en Atenas.
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ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers before climate change forced Tuk's coastal population to relocate to more habitable land.
Producer
For 30 years, Lynn Davis has photographed the magnificent icebergs of Greenland. Davis returned recently with climate change expert Tony Leiserowitz, where they take in the meltdown, and explore the implications for the planet.
Executive Producer
Crazy sums up the final night of the baseball season, when the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals overcame improbably long odds and huge September deficits to waltz into the post-season as wild cards. As part of the Walk-Off Stories series, this film takes a deep look at September 28, 2011 – the dramatic final day of the 2011 Major League Baseball season with playoff berths on the line.
Director
An entertaining and fresh retrospective of Gibson's historic walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
Director
In 1992, a young filmmaker named Mike Tollin chronicled one season in the lives of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, California. They were the defending state champions, and all five starters were returning for their senior year. They seemed a shoo-in to win a second straight state title, and the five guys all thought they were on a path to become “the next Jordan.” However, the season didn’t go quite as planned. But the film, produced with Brian Robbins, was an award-winner and a hit on the film festival circuit. Tollin would go on to direct and produce feature films (Varsity Blues, Radio, Coach Carter) and popular TV series such as Smallville, One Tree Hill and Arli$$. He never forgot, though, the magic of the Morningside 5 In fact, he returned a decade later to see how they were doing and made a follow-up film on their various exploits.
Producer
Drama inspirado en la biografía del boxeador Chuck Wepner, el hombre que inspiró el personaje de Rocky Balboa.
Executive Producer
Jan y Antonina Zabinski, el director del zoo de Varsovia y su esposa, ayudaron a salvar a cientos de personas (y también a muchos animales del Zoo) de los nazis tras la invasión de Polonia por las tropas alemanas en septiembre de 1939.
Producer
Fastball es un documental que fue dirigido por Jonathan Hock (Miracles and Men, Survive and Advance y The Best That Never Was) y cuenta con testimonios de docenas de jugadores como Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryn y Derek Jeter, la producción de Thomas Tull (Batman: The Dark Knight) y recopila los mejores momentos del deporte desde la voz de Kevin Costner.
Executive Producer
A behind-the-scenes documentary pieced together from over 100 hours of footage showing not just the preparation that went into Katy Perry's Super Bowl performance but the nerve it took to pull off such a massive, career-defining performance.
Director
The late Leonard Tose was a genius and a fool, a saint and a sinner, but most of all the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles was the man who took his team from the depths of the NFL all the way to the Super Bowl.
Himself
In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”
Writer
In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”
Director
In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”
Director
Unstrung expone los dramas del mundo del tenis junior, salir a la carretera con un puñado de competidores adolescentes mientras se dirigen por el campeonato nacional.
Producer
Cuatro amigos de mediana edad (Travolta, Allen, Lawrence y H. Macy), entusiastas de las motos, deciden huir de la rutina de la gran ciudad y emprender un viaje liberador recorriendo Estados Unidos en sus motos.
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El filme está inspirado en la vida real del controvertido entrenador de baloncesto Ken Carter, que en su segundo año en el Instituto Richmond de California, y con un equipo imbatido con 13 victorias, decidió que sus jugadores no jugarían los próximos dos partidos y en su lugar estudiarían para los exámenes trimestrales por el bajo nivel académico que tenían.
Producer
Para conseguir ingresar en la prestigiosa Universidad de Princeton, siete jóvenes estudiantes deciden robar las respuestas de los exámenes de acceso a la Universidad. Aunque comprobarán que no se sabe qué es más dífícil: aprobar el exámen... o robarlo.
Director
"Radio" es el apodo de un chico solitario y un poco retrasado al que conocen en su pueblo por su amor a la radio y a la música. No habla con nadie, pero un día Harold Jones, el entrenador del equipo de fútbol del instituto y el hombre más respetado del pueblo, se hace amigo suyo y se gana su confianza. A partir de entonces ante el chico se abre un nuevo mundo: ayuda a Jones en los entrenamientos y en los partidos e incluso asiste a sus clases en la escuela. Relato basado en hechos reales.
Producer
Jason Shepherd, un chico de 14 años, es un mentiroso compulsivo. Precisamente por eso, cuando Marty Wolf, un productor de Hollywood, le roba un trabajo suyo de clase para convertirlo en una superproducción, le resultará muy difícil convencer a la gente de la verdad. Una comedia para adolescentes que obtuvo un gran éxito de taquilla en USA.
Producer
Conor (Keanu Reeves), un aficionado a las apuestas cuyos presentimientos fallan siempre, pasa por un grave apuro económico. La única solución para saldar sus deudas es entrenar a un equipo infantil de béisbol de un conflictivo barrio de Chicago. El problema es que a Conor no le gustan mucho los niños, pero sí su maestra, la atractiva señorita Wilkes (Diane Lane). (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Todos los veranos las mejores promesas de la liga universitaria de béisbol se reúnen en una escuela de Cabo Cod, en el estado de Massachussets, con el objetivo de preparar a los mejores para dar el salto a la liga profesional. Un chico del lugar, Ryan Dunne, con fama de ser un excepcional repetidor, se la jugará en un ambiente enrarecido por la rivalidad con uno de sus compañeros y los encantos de una niña rica que pueden distraerle gravemente de sus objetivos.
Executive Producer
Gordie (David Arquette) y Sean han sido siempre unos enfervorizados seguidores de la lucha libre. Cuando descubren que Jimmy King -su gran ídolo- ha sido traicionado por el promotor Titus Sinclair en una lamentable pelea tras la cual ha caído en el olvido, ambos emprenderán una encorazonada y cómica rebelión para buscar y recuperar al verdadero rey de la lucha.
Producer
Los West Canaan Coyotes están muy cerca de lograr su 23º título de liga. De la mano de su entrenador, el mítico Bud Kilmer, el equipo ha alcanzado la cima del fútbol americano juvenil en Texas, un estado en el que la afición por este deporte es prácticamente una forma de vida. Sus grandes logros han convertido a Kilmer en un mito para los habitantes de l pequeña ciudad en la que juega el equipo y nadie, ni padres ni jugadores, se han atrevido nunca a cuestionar las técnicas más que dudosas que el popular entrenador ha venido utilizando para encumbrar a sus jóvenes deportistas a lo más alto.
Producer
Dos adolescentes que trabajan juntos en Good Burguer intentan salvar la hamburguesería cuando una franquicia gigante se muda al otro lado de la calle.
Director
1995 American documentary film follows baseball slugger Hank Aaron's pursuit of Babe Ruth's all time record for homeruns.
Director
a 1990 California high school basketball team who aspire to repeat their state championship while dealing with their many issues.
Director
A documentary on the career of Tampa Bay Bandits' football team owner, John Bassett.
Producer
The improbable tale of how Rorian Gracie, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, and Art Davie, once a used car salesman, teamed with Bob Meyrowitz’s pay-per-view company SEG to mount UFC 1 – the first fight in UFC history – in Denver and launch a sports phenomenon.
