Joe Eszterhas Biography (1944?-)

Full name, Joseph A. Eszterhas; born November 23, 1944 (some sources cite 1946), in Csakanydoroszlo, Hungary; immigrated to the United States, became a naturalized citizen; son of Istvan (a novelist) and Maria (maiden name, Biro) Eszterhas; married first wife Geri (a police reporter), c. 1969 (divorced, c.1993); married Naomi Baca (an artist and producer), July 30, 1994; children:(first marriage) Steven, Suzanne; (second marriage) Joseph Jeremiah, NicholasPompeo, John Law.

Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Hungarian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Screenwriter, producer, novelist, freelance journalist
Birth Details: November 23, 1944?; Csakanydoroszlo, Hungary

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Executive Producer
Betrayed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
(With others) Music Box, TriStar, 1989
(With others) Nowhere to Run, Columbia, 1993
(With others) Sliver (also known as Sliver--Gier der Augen), Paramount, 1993
(With others) Jade, Paramount, 1995
(With others) Showgirls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
Film Appearances
Telling Lies in America, Banner Entertainment, 1997
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, 1997 Buena Vista, 1998
Jackie Chan: My Story (documentary), 1998
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Sylvester Stallone; and story) F.I.S.T., United Artists, 1978
(With Thomas Hedley) Flashdance, Paramount, 1983

Jagged Edge, Columbia, 1985
Big Shots, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
(With Scott Richardson) Hearts of Fire, Lorimar, 1987
Betrayed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Checking Out, Warner Bros., 1989
Music Box, TriStar, 1989
Basic Instinct, TriStar, 1992
(With Leslie Bohem and Randy Feldman; and story with Richard Marquand) Nowhere to Run, Columbia, 1993
Sliver (also known as Sliver--Gier der Augen; based on thenovel by Ira Levin), Paramount, 1993
Jade, Paramount, 1995
Showgirls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
Telling Lies in America, Banner Entertainment, 1997
(And composer of song "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz") An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, 1997 Buena Vista, 1998
Teleplays
Movies
(With others) Pals, CBS, 1987
Nonfiction
(With Michael D. Roberts) Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State, Dodd (New York City), 1970
Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse, Random House (New York City), 1974
Nark! A Tale of Terror (also known as Nark), Straight ArrowBooks (San Francisco, CA), 1974
American Rhapsody (nonfiction with fictional elements), Knopf (NewYork City), 2000
Contributor of articles to periodicals.
Novels
F.I.S.T. (based on Eszterhas and Sylvester Stallone's screenplay),Dell (New York City), 1978

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, August 12, 1994, p. 26; July 28, 2000, p. 27
Gentleman's Quarterly (GQ ), October, 1993, p. 127
New York Times, December 24, 1989, section H, pp. 1, 24-25
Time, May 31, 1993, p. 64
USA Today, June 1, 1994
Vanity Fair, August, 1991, p. 76
Variety, April 2, 2001, p. 4

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