John Warren began his writing studies at Ohio Univeristy and continued at the New School in New York. His early fiction was published monthly in the Australian magazine Close Up. In 1986 Warren accepted a fellowship at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. That same year Warren sold his first script, The Body Politic, to Orion Films, with Frank Oz attached to direct.
Naked in New York, which Warren wrote, was produced by Martin Scorsese and released in 1993. Warren wrote and produced Flashfire, for Tri-Mark Films in 1994 and Girl in the Cadillac, for Columbia in 1995.
As a writer/director, Warren made The Curse of Inferno, for Motion Picture Corporation of America in 1998 and Major League: Back to the Minors, released by Warner Bros. in 1999. On the TV side, Warren’s writing credits include Johnny Bago for CBS, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. for Fox Network and Fortune Hunter for Columbia Tri-Star TV.
Warren has had a variety of films in development over the years, including The Family Tree at Universal, Super Model at Disney, Passionate Kiss at Dreamworks, Sneaky People at DeLaurentis Productions, Tark the Shark and Man Bites Dog at Showtime. Warren’s script Drive is currently set up at Disney, with Dennis Quaid set to play famed NASCAR driver Richard Petty.
Warren is married to Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, with whom he has two daughters, Madeline and Eva.
