# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-toback
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:14.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-toback"
name: "James Toback"
slug: "james-toback"
description: "James Lee Toback is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist, Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White."
tagline: "American screenwriter and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2009-0428-MSPIFF-JamesToback-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1944-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0864812"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Toback"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Toback"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Toback"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump