Neil Tolkin
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Canadian screenwriter
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Neil Tolkin is a Canadian screenwriter from Montreal.[1] He attended Westmount High School and Dawson College and McGill University.[1]
Career
[edit ]He is best known for contributing to comedies, such as License to Drive with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, Ri¢hie Ri¢h with Macualy Culkin and Jury Duty with Pauly Shore. He's also written dramas such as the screenplay for the film The Emperor's Club (2002),[1] and an early draft for the World War Two film, Unbroken , to be originally directed by Antoine Fuqua. The film was rewritten and later finally directed by Angelina Jolie.
He also wrote and directed the drama Sticks and Stones in 1996.
Filmography
[edit ]- Unbroken (2015) (uncredited) [2]
- The Emperor's Club (2002)
- Sticks and Stones (1996)
- Jury Duty (1995)
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
- License to Drive (1988)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c KELLY, BRENDAN (November 18, 2002). "Emperor's writer is a regular guy: Film setting unlike westmount high But private-school story or not, 'the themes were so clear: honour, integrity'". The Gazette. Montreal, Que. p. D.1.BRE.
- ^ "Hard Road to Oscar: Producer Matt Baer on 'Unbroken', Louis Zamperini's 57-Year Long Movie Biopic Odyssey". December 31, 2014.
External links
[edit ]- Neil Tolkin at IMDb
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