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Jay Tobias

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Producer
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Jay Tobias is known for The Crow (1994), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Porky's (1981).
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    Known for

    Brandon Lee in The Crow (1994)
    The Crow
    7.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(additional photography)
    • 1994
    Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)
    Back to the Future Part III
    7.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 1990
    Porky's (1981)
    Porky's
    6.2
    • Additional Crew(Florida State)
    • 1981
    Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Angell Conwell, Tanisha Long, Rasheda Crockett, Tristen J. Winger, and Chase Anthony in Bigger (2019)
      Bigger
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • John Slattery in Next (2020)
      Next
      6.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Paula Patton in Sacrifice (2019)
      Sacrifice
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Jon Bernthal in Tom Clancy's: The Pledge (2019)
      Tom Clancy's: The Pledge
      7.4
      Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • American Soul (2019)
      American Soul
      7.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman in Good Girls (2018)
      Good Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2018
    • Mario Van Peebles, Robinne Lee, Morgana Van Peebles, Demetria McKinney, Brad James, and Tatiana Zappardino in Superstition (2017)
      Superstition
      5.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017–2018
    • Lore (2017)
      Lore
      6.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Brockmire (2017)
      Brockmire
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Gabrielle Union in Being Mary Jane (2013)
      Being Mary Jane
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Nicolas Cage in Vengeance: A Love Story (2017)
      Vengeance: A Love Story
      5.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Alexis Denisof, Cynthia Watros, Kathryn Prescott, Anna Jacoby-Heron, and Zac Pullam in Finding Carter (2014)
      Finding Carter
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014–2015
    • Diogo Morgado in The Messengers (2015)
      The Messengers
      6.3
      TV Series
      • assistant director: first assistant director
      • first assistant director
      • 2015
    • Duty
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Brooke Elliott in Drop Dead Diva (2009)
      Drop Dead Diva
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2014

    Director

    • Jamie Luner in 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
      10-8: Officers on Duty
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • True Crime: Crimes of Passion
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Will Patton, Gil Bellows, Gloria Reuben, and Paige Turco in The Agency (2001)
      The Agency
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Jon Polito, Rena Sofer, Chad Willett, and Reno Wilson in The Chronicle (2001)
      The Chronicle
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Vincent Ventresca in The Invisible Man (2000)
      The Invisible Man
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000–2001
    • FreakyLinks (2000)
      FreakyLinks
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Mark Ruffalo in The Beat (2000)
      The Beat
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Hector Elizondo, Mandy Patinkin, Roma Maffia, Adam Arkin, Roxanne Hart, and E.G. Marshall in Chicago Hope (1994)
      Chicago Hope
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
      Dawson's Creek
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • The Hoop Life
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
      Homicide: Life on the Street
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1998–1999

    Producer

    • Tainted Love (2013)
      Tainted Love
      6.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2013
    • The Grave (1996)
      The Grave
      5.7
      • line producer
      • 1996
    • Phantom of the Ritz (1988)
      Phantom of the Ritz
      4.6
      • associate producer
      • 1988

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