James Toback

James Toback (b. November 23, 1944 in New York City) is a screenwriter and film director. He was a Harvard graduate who intended to become a novelist, but turned to journalism. Given an assignment for an article on football star Jim Brown, he instead wrote the 1971 book Jim about the man. His first screenplay was the semi-autobiographical The Gambler (1974), drawing on his experiences as a college professor and a compulsive gambler.

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