A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Mike Tollin
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born:
October 6, 1955
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.
Consulting Producer:
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
Director:
1989 Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989 The Final Season
1993 Hardwood Dreams
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
2001 Summer Catch
2003 Radio
2007 Unstrung
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
2015 Tose: The Movie
2017 Morningside 5
2018 Improbably Gibson
2023 Rolling Along
Executive Producer:
1989 Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989 The Final Season
1993 Hardwood Dreams
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
2000 Ready to Rumble
2001 Summer Catch
2003 Radio
2007 Norbit
2007 Unstrung
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 Jordan Rides the Bus
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
2015 Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
2015 Tose: The Movie
2017 Morningside 5
2017 The Zookeeper's Wife
2018 Improbably Gibson
2018 The Golden Generation
2019 One Crazy Night in Baseball
2022 The Redeem Team
2023 Rolling Along
2023 Stand
???? Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball
Producer:
1989 Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989 The Final Season
1993 Hardwood Dreams
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
1995 The Show
1997 Good Burger
1999 Varsity Blues
2000 Ready to Rumble
2001 Hardball
2001 Summer Catch
2002 Big Fat Liar
2003 Radio
2004 The Perfect Score
2005 Coach Carter
2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2007 Norbit
2007 Unstrung
2007 Wild Hogs
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 Jordan Rides the Bus
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
2015 Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
2015 Tose: The Movie
2016 Fastball
2017 Chuck
2017 Morningside 5
2017 The Zookeeper's Wife
2018 Improbably Gibson
2018 The Golden Generation
2019 One Crazy Night in Baseball
2021 Meltdown
2022 The Redeem Team
2023 Iceman: A George Gervin Story
2023 Rolling Along
2023 Stand
???? Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball
???? UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon
Thanks:
1989 Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989 The Final Season
1993 Hardwood Dreams
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
1995 The Show
1997 Good Burger
1999 Varsity Blues
2000 Ready to Rumble
2001 Hardball
2001 Summer Catch
2002 Big Fat Liar
2003 Radio
2004 The Perfect Score
2005 Coach Carter
2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2007 Norbit
2007 Unstrung
2007 Wild Hogs
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 Jordan Rides the Bus
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
2015 Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
2015 Tose: The Movie
2016 Fastball
2017 Chuck
2017 Morningside 5
2017 The Zookeeper's Wife
2018 Improbably Gibson
2018 The Golden Generation
2019 One Crazy Night in Baseball
2021 Arctic Summer
2021 Meltdown
2022 The Redeem Team
2023 Iceman: A George Gervin Story
2023 Rolling Along
2023 Stand
???? Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball
???? UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon
Writer:
1989 Great Sports Moments of the 80's
1989 The Final Season
1993 Hardwood Dreams
1995 Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
1995 The Show
1997 Good Burger
1999 Varsity Blues
2000 Ready to Rumble
2001 Hardball
2001 Summer Catch
2002 Big Fat Liar
2003 Radio
2004 The Perfect Score
2005 Coach Carter
2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2007 Norbit
2007 Unstrung
2007 Wild Hogs
2009 Kings Ransom
2009 Muhammad and Larry
2009 Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009 The Band That Wouldn't Die
2010 Jordan Rides the Bus
2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010 One Night in Vegas
2015 Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
2015 Tose: The Movie
2016 Fastball
2017 Chuck
2017 Morningside 5
2017 The Zookeeper's Wife
2018 Improbably Gibson
2018 The Golden Generation
2019 One Crazy Night in Baseball
2021 Arctic Summer
2021 Meltdown
2022 The Redeem Team
2023 Iceman: A George Gervin Story
2023 Rolling Along
2023 Stand
???? Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball
???? UFC 1: Origins of the Octagon
Creator:
1994 All That
2002 The Nick Cannon Show
2019 All That
2020 The Last Dance
Director:
1994 All That
1996 Arliss
2002 The Nick Cannon Show
2009 30 for 30
2019 All That
2020 The Last Dance
Executive Producer:
1994 All That
1996 Arliss
2001 Smallville
2002 The Nick Cannon Show
2002 What I Like About You
2003 I'm with Her
2003 One Tree Hill
2009 30 for 30
2019 All That
2020 The Last Dance
2022 The Captain
2023 Shaun White: The Last Run
2024 It's in the Game: Madden NFL
2024 Justice, USA
Producer:
1994 All That
1996 Arliss
1996 Kenan & Kel
1998 Cousin Skeeter
1999 The Amanda Show
2001 Smallville
2002 Birds of Prey
2002 The Nick Cannon Show
2002 What I Like About You
2003 Black Sash
2003 I'm with Her
2003 One Tree Hill
2004 The Days
2005 Inconceivable
2006 Bonds on Bonds
2006 Crumbs
2007 The Bronx Is Burning
2009 30 for 30
2019 All That
2020 The Last Dance
2022 The Captain
2023 Shaun White: The Last Run
2024 It's in the Game: Madden NFL
2024 Justice, USA
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