Steve Tesich

Steve Tesich was born on Sep 29, 1942 in Yugoslavia. Steve Tesich's big-screen debut came with Breaking Away directed by Peter Yates in 1979. Steve Tesich is known for The World According to Garp directed by George Roy Hill, Robin Williams stars as T.S. Garp and Mary Beth Hurt as Helen Holm. Steve Tesich has got 5 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Steve Tesich achieved is London Critics Circle Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Steve Tesich plays is Eleni which will be released on Dec 21, 1985.

Born in Yugoslavia, Tesich was 14 when he came to America and settled in East Chicago, Indiana. His father, a machinist, died in 1962. He graduated from Indiana University in 1965 and did graduate work at Columbia University where he began to write plays. 'Breaking Away (1979)' won Tesich an Oscar and a Golden Globe nomination. He successfully adapted 'The World According to Garp (1982)' and his last film was 'American Flyers (1985)'. After his film career ended, Tesich continued to write plays. As he became more pessimistic about his life, his plays became more pessimistic.