James Toback wurde am 23 November 1944 in New York City, New York, USA geboren. Er ist Autor und Regisseur, bekannt für Bugsy (1991), Tyson (2008) und The Gambler (2014).
He cultivated a reputation as a 'ladies man', f.e. in a 1989 Spy magazine article, but his manipulative methods in trying to have sex with young actresses were far more sinister: Since 2017 Toback has been accused of sexual assault or sexual harassment by 395 women, according to 'The Guardian' [April 10, 2017].
