Joe Eszterhas

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József Antal ("Joe") Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944 in Csákánydoroszló , Vas County , Hungary ) is a Hungarian-American screenwriter .

Life

Joe Eszterhas emigrated with his parents from Hungary to the United States after the end of World War II .

While working as an editorial assistant for Rolling Stone magazine , his talent for writing was noticed and he was appointed a reporter - a first step in the direction of Hollywood . There he wrote scripts for Flashdance , with which he became famous, and Basic Instinct , his most successful work, which he sold to Carolco Pictures in 1990 for the record price of three million dollars . Eszterhas was the first screenwriter to ensure that his scripts were not changed after they were submitted.

After many years of alcohol and other drugs , Eszterhas now lives with his second wife and four sons in Bainbridge Township near Cleveland , Ohio, where he writes books. His famous book is Hollywood Animal . For this he was heavily criticized for writing about Hollywood in the style of a investigative journalist.

Works

Scripts (selection)

Books

Joe Eszterhas Awards

After Eszterhas, the negative film award Golden Raspberry is also called "the dishonorable Joe Eszterhas Script Award" in the worst script category . As the only screenwriter to date, he received this dubious award twice: in 1995 for Showgirls and in 1998 for Fahr zum Hölle Hollywood . In addition, his scripts for Flashdance 1983, Sliver 1993 and Jade 1995 were nominated.

In 1996, the Joe Eszterhas Award was presented once for the “worst-written films that grossed more than 100 million US dollars”.

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