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József Antal Eszterhás (Hungarian: [ˈjoːʒɛf ɒntɒl ˈɛstɛrhaːʃ]; born November 23, 1944), credited as Joe Eszterhas, is a Hungarian-American writer. Born in Hungary, he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. After an early career as a journalist and editor, he entered the film industry.
Apr 17, 2019 · Hungarian-American screenwriter Joe Eszterhas grew up in a refugee camp in Austria. As a child, his parents fled Europe, eventually moving to New York City and then...
Apr 11, 2024 · Behind his feisty exterior, the Hungarian-born Eszterhas was a thoughtful and sophisticated writer who yearned to do serious work — he wrote some fine books post-retirement. This column, he...
József Antal Eszterhás , credited as Joe Eszterhas, is a Hungarian-American writer. Born in Hungary, he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. After an early career as a journalist and editor, he entered the film industry.
As one of the highest-paid and most notorious writers in 1990s Hollywood, Joe Eszterhas became that rare modern screenwriter who was able to lay claim to achieving auteur status.
Joe Eszterhas, DP Generation. Joe Eszterhas (József Eszterhás) was born in 1944 in Csákánydorozsló, Hungary, toward the end of World War II. Hungary – and Joe’s Hungarian parents – were on the wrong side of history and forced to flee Hungary after Germany fell and before the Soviets took over.
SIDELIGHTS: Joe Eszterhas has achieved widespread fame as a top Hollywood screenwriter whose successes include such films as Flashdance and Basic Instinct. Yet before he conquered the movie world, Eszterhas had already established himself as a cutting-edge, radical journalist for Rolling Stone magazine.
