Michael Tollin

Director · Born October 6, 1955 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Directed 14

2020s

2025
Unraveling George
Director
2023
Rolling Along
Director

2010s

2018
Improbably Gibson
Director
2017
Morningside 5
Director
2015
Tose: The Movie
Director

2000s

2009
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
Director
72
30 for 30
Director
85
2003
Radio
Director
56
2001
Summer Catch
Director
36

1990s

1996
Arli$$
Director
70
1995
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
Director
1993
Hardwood Dreams
Director

1980s

1989
Great Sports Moments of the 80's
Director
The Final Season
Director

Produced 59

2020s

2026
Born to Bowl
Executive Producer
Pete Holmes: Silly Silly Fun Boy
Executive Producer
2025
Unraveling George
Producer
2024
It's in the Game: Madden NFL
Executive Producer
Justice, USA
Executive Producer
2023
Iceman: A George Gervin Story
Producer
Shaun White: The Last Run
Executive Producer
Stand
Executive Producer
63
2022
The Redeem Team
Executive Producer
78
The Captain
Executive Producer
2021
Meltdown
Producer
2020
The Comedy Store
Executive Producer
The Last Dance
Producer, Executive Producer
88

2010s

2019
One Crazy Night in Baseball
Executive Producer
All That
Executive Producer
62
2018
The Golden Generation
Executive Producer
2017
Chuck
Producer
69
The Zookeeper's Wife
Executive Producer
67
2016
Fastball
Producer
2015
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
Executive Producer
Kareem: Minority of One
Executive Producer
2013
Bluegrass Kingdom: The Gospel of Kentucky Basketball
Executive Producer
2010
One Night in Vegas
Consulting Producer
Jordan Rides the Bus
Executive Producer
66
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Consulting Producer
80