James Toback

James Lee Toback is an American screenwriter and film director, as well as nonfiction writer, and essayist.

Toback was born in New York City. His mother, Selma Judith , was a president of The League of Women Voters and a moderator of political debates on NBC. His father, Irwin Lionel Toback, was a stockbroker and former vice president of Dreyfus amp Company.

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