Michael Tollin
Рождение : 1955-10-06, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
История
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
Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing following the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens.
Thanks
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
История о боксере-тяжеловесе Чаке Уэпнере, жизнь которого преобразилась после победы над легендарным Мохаммедом Али. Неизвестный на тот момент Сталлоне написал сценарий на основе его жизни, и Чак вошел в историю как прообраз Рокки Бальбоа. Он любил жизнь, азартные игры и женщин, и ни за что не хотел отказываться от славы.
Executive Producer
Реальная история отважного подвига смотрителей Варшавского зоопарка Яна и Антонины Жабинских, давших убежище и сохранивших жизнь более, чем 300 евреям во время II Мировой войны. Ежедневный риск и опасность осложняются для Жабинских взаимоотношениями с бывшим другом семьи, а ныне высокопоставленным нацистским чиновником Лутцем Хеком, влюбленным в Антонину.
Producer
Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.
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 exposes the dramas of the juniors tennis world, hitting the road with a handful of teenage competitors as they head for the national championship.
Producer
Четверо благоустроенных приятелей из зажиточного пригорода решают на время отвлечься от житейских проблем и вспомнить былые раздольные деньки, когда все четверо мечтали о байкерской свободе. Еженедельные встречи за бокалом безалкогольного пива в местном мотоклубе уже поднаскучили, и друзья решают рвануть в путешествие через все Штаты, с севера на юг, до самого Нью-Мексико.
Producer
Фильм основан на реальной истории, происшедшей в 1999 году в Ричмонде, штат Калифорния. Тренер школьной команды по баскетболу Кен Картер принял в середине сезона беспрецедентное решение, запретив игрокам, не испытавшим еще ни одного поражения, выходить на площадку из-за низкой успеваемости в школе. В итоге команда пропустила две игры в чемпионате, а юным баскетболистам был закрыт доступ в спортзал до тех пор, пока они не стали хорошо учиться. Поступок Картера вызвал одновременно и одобрение, и резкую критику со стороны родителей игроков и школьного руководства. Среди членов команды был и сын тренера, поступивший впоследствии в престижное учебное заведение.
Producer
Шесть старшеклассников завалили финальный тест SAT (аналог ЕГЭ), который определяет место их дальнейшего обучения. Их мечты разрушены, но собравшись вместе они решают воплотить в жизнь дерзкий план, который всё исправит...
Director
Американская глубинка середины прошлого века... Умственно отсталый паренёк по прозвищу Радио является объектом насмешек всего городка. Однако, тренер местной футбольной команды берёт Радио под свою опеку, и это меняет жизнь всего города...
Producer
14-летний Джейсон Шеферд узнает, что его школьная работа-сценарий под названием «Неисправимый врун» была украдена голливудским продюсером и превратилась с его помощью в настоящий блокбастер. Отправившись в Лос-Анджелес со своей подружкой Кейли, парень пытается вернуть себе свои права. И с помощью разных уловок ставит на колени известного продюсера!
Producer
Чтобы расплатиться с долгами, мелкий спекулянт, картежник и выпивоха вынужден тренировать бейсбольную команду — самую худшую, какую только можно найти в Чикаго. Связанные с этим драматические и комедийные перипетии неожиданно изменяют к лучшему и его собственную жизнь.
Director
Страсть забросила их в одну лунку. Два самых сильных развлечения Америки — бейсбол и любовь — соединились в этой чудесной паре. Райан Данн, начинающий бейсболист, принятый в престижную летнюю лигу Кэйп Код, питает радужные карьерные надежды. Тенли Пэрриш, дочь богатых родителей, проводит в Кэйпе свои каникулы. Молодые встретились и полюбили друг друга. Но вот родители далеко не в восторге от выбора дочери.
Executive Producer
Что такое реслинг — спор настоящих мужчин или шоу-имитация кровавых схваток? Для своих друзей из небольшого американского городка это — почти все. Их звезда — непобедимый король реслинга Джимми Кинг, размазавший по рингу не одного противника.
И вдруг, из-за грязных интриг продюсера этот любимец публики оказывается посрамленным! Двое истовых фанатов не в силах пережить этот удар. Они не готовы считаться с жестокой реальностью, они готовы к бою!
Producer
Вот уже 35 лет опытный тренер Бад Килмер тренирует студенческую команду под названием «Койоты» из маленького городка в штате Техас. Килмер — требователен и суров, от своих подопечных он непреклонно требует победы, чего бы она ни стоила. Когда в разгар футбольного сезона ведущий игрок «Койотов» получает тяжелую травму, Бад решает поставить на его место паренька по имени Джонатан Моксон. Моксона меньше всего привлекает перспектива стать звездой футбола: ему гораздо более по душе спокойное место на скамейке запасных, подальше от назойливого тренера. Теперь, оказавшись на месте ключевого игрока «Койотов», Моксон должен доказать себе и другим, чего он стоит в действительности. Судьба играет человеком как хочет, но человек способен ее обыграть, а иногда и стать героем…
Producer
Незатейливый сюжет основан на том, как весело конкурируют друг с другом две забегаловки, предлагающие своим посетителям стандартный набор «фаст фуд» типа гамбургеров.
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.
