Portrait of Stephen Tolkin

Writing

Stephen Tolkin

Career

Active from 1979 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fidel
Fidel
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Stephen Tolkin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Historical
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 7
  • True Crime 4
  • Psychological Horror 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Serial Killer 2
  • Crime Investigation 2
  • Based on True Events 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Time Loop Thriller 2
  • Intense Suspense 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • True Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 55
Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story (2024)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer, Writer

How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story (2023)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer, Director

House of Chains
House of Chains (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer, Director

Doomsday Mom
Doomsday Mom (2021)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer, Writer

2010s

7 titles ยท average score 59
The College Admissions Scandal
The College Admissions Scandal (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill
Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

NY Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell
NY Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell (2017)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer, Director

Cleveland Abduction
Cleveland Abduction (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Producer

A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Twist of Faith
Twist of Faith (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

The Craigslist Killer
The Craigslist Killer (2011)
GoodWatch score 44

Writer

2000s

4 titles ยท average score 57
Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou (2009)
GoodWatch score 54

Teleplay

Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon
Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Screenplay

What If God Were the Sun?
What If God Were the Sun? (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Fidel
Fidel (2002)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

1990s

8 titles ยท average score 58
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Mr. Murder
Mr. Murder (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

Teleplay

Intensity
Intensity (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay

Daybreak
Daybreak (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Teleplay

The Player
The Player (1992)
GoodWatch score 84

as Carl Schecter

Golden Years
Golden Years (1991)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Captain America
Captain America (1990)
GoodWatch score 25

Story, Associate Producer

12:01 PM
12:01 PM (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

1980s

2 titles
The Price of Life
The Price of Life (1987)

Director

Daniel and the Towers
Daniel and the Towers (1987)

Writer