Eric Roth
American screenwriter · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1945 · age 81
Eric R. Roth is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) - winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best...
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Robert De Niro Directed The Good Shepherd (2006)
Robert Zemeckis Directed Forrest Gump and Here
Michael Mann Directed The Insider and Ali
Kathleen Kennedy Produced Munich (2005)
Steve Tisch Produced Forrest Gump and The Postman
Jon Peters Produced Ali and A Star Is Born
Tom Hanks Eric wrote Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
David Fincher Directed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Jeffrey Wright Also in Ali (2001)
Stephen McKinley Henderson Also in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Ceán Chaffin Produced The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Leonardo DiCaprio Produced Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Alain Delon Eric wrote The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
Charlotte Rampling Eric wrote Dune: Part Two (2024)
Sandra Bullock Eric wrote Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
Martin Scorsese Directed Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Kevin Costner Directed The Postman (1997)
Francis Ford Coppola Produced The Good Shepherd (2006)
Robert Redford Directed The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Richard Gere Produced Mr. Jones (1993)
Max von Sydow Eric wrote Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
Dave Bautista Eric wrote Dune: Part Two (2024)
Michael Gambon Eric wrote The Insider (1999)
Jo Nesbø Produced London
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He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) - winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
