James Toback nació el 23 de noviembre de 1944 en Nueva York, Nueva York, EE.UU.. Es un escritor y director, conocido por Bugsy (1991), Tyson (2008) y El jugador (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].
