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Michael Tollin

Directing

Born October 6, 1955 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Mike Tollin

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Tollin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Documentary Feature Film · 1996 · nominated

Filmography41 titles

The Last Dance

2020Executive Producer

Smallville

2001Executive Producer

Kenan & Kel

1996Producer

It's in the Game: Madden NFL

Executive Producer

The Captain

2022Executive Producer

One Tree Hill

2003Executive Producer, Producer

All That

1994Creator, Producer

The Comedy Store

2020Executive Producer

Shaun White: The Last Run

Executive Producer

Coach Carter

2005Producer

All That

Executive Producer

30 for 30

2009Director

The Redeem Team

2022Executive Producer

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017Executive Producer

Radio

2003Director, Producer

Fastball

2016Producer

Dreamer

2005Producer

The Amanda Show

1999Producer

Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

2009as Self

Arli$$

1996Director

Kings Ransom

2009Consulting Producer

Muhammad and Larry

2009Consulting Producer

Hardball

2001Producer

What I Like About You

2002Executive Producer

The Band That Wouldn't Die

2009Consulting Producer

Chuck

2016Producer

Jordan Rides the Bus

2010Executive Producer

Birds of Prey

2002Producer

Good Burger

1997Producer

Varsity Blues

1999Producer

Justice, USA

2024Executive Producer

Wild Hogs

2007Producer

Big Fat Liar

2002Producer

The Perfect Score

2004Producer

Norbit

2007Executive Producer

Summer Catch

2001Director

Ready to Rumble

2000Executive Producer

Stand

2023Executive Producer

Iceman: A George Gervin Story

2023Producer

Unraveling George

2025Director, Producer

Meltdown

2021Producer