From career breakthroughs to professional milestones, explore how James Toback made an impact.
James Toback is an American screenwriter and film director, notable for his work in the movie industry. He garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for his contribution to the film *Bugsy*. Toback's directorial credits include films such as *The Pick-up Artist*, *Two Girls and a Guy*, and *Black and White*, showcasing his involvement in various aspects of filmmaking.
In 1966, James Toback graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, where he also served as an editor for The Harvard Crimson.
In 1971, James Toback wrote a book about his experiences as Jim Brown's house guest, titled Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir of the Great Jim Brown.
In 1974, James Toback achieved his first major film success with the release of The Gambler, a semi-autobiographical film for which he wrote the screenplay.
In 1978, James Toback made his directorial debut with the film Fingers, starring Harvey Keitel.
In 1982, James Toback directed and released the film Love and Money.
In 1983, James Toback directed and released the film Exposed.
In 1987, James Toback directed and released the film The Pick-up Artist.
In 1989, James Toback directed and released the documentary The Big Bang.
In 1991, James Toback received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work on the film Bugsy.
In 1991, James Toback won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best screenplay for Bugsy and was nominated for both the Academy Award for best original screenplay and for the Golden Globe best screenplay award.
In 2005, Jacques Audiard's remake of James Toback's Fingers as The Beat That My Heart Skipped was released and won numerous Best Film awards.
In 2005, Nicholas Jarecki examined James Toback in a documentary called The Outsider: A Film about James Toback.
In 2008, James Toback's documentary Tyson was featured at the Cannes Film Festival, winning a prize in the festival's Un Certain Regard section and was nominated for best documentary awards in several United States competitions.
In 2008, the Oldenburg International Film Festival selected James Toback and his work for its "Retrospective."
In 2009, the San Francisco International Film Festival selected James Toback for its annual Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting.
In 2014, English director Rupert Wyatt remade The Gambler, originally written by James Toback.
In 2017, James Toback's film An Imperfect Murder was released, with Variety's chief film critic Owen Gleiberman describing it as "a thrift-shop psychological X-ray that demands to be taken on its own Tobackian terms."
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