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'{{Infobox person | name = Eli Roth | image = EliRothIBAug09.jpg | caption = Roth at a premiere for ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' in August 2009 | birthname = Eli Raphael Roth | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|4|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Newton, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]] | othername = David Kaufbird<br/>Eli R. Roth | occupation = Actor<br/>Animator<br />Director<br/>Producer<br/>Screenwriter | yearsactive = 1996–present | spouse = | website = }} '''Eli Raphael Roth''' (born April 18, 1972) is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]], [[film producer|producer]], [[writer]] and [[actor]]. He is part of a group of filmmakers dubbed the [[Splat Pack]],<ref>{{cite news |title=My mission to appal, by the Splat Pack king |author=Jeremy Kay |newspaper=Telegraph |date=08 Jun 2007 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3665672/My-mission-to-appal-by-the-Splat-Pack-king.html |location=London}}</ref> because of their association with and focus on the horror genre. Roth is known for making violent, low-budget horror films and for bringing back the R rating to horror movies at a time when studios were only producing PG-13. Roth is an award-winning actor, most known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in [[Quentin Tarantino|Quentin Tarantino's]] ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble) although his individual performance in this film was almost universally panned by critics. Roth has had #1 box office hits as a writer, director, producer, and actor. ==Early life== Roth was born in [[Newton, Massachusetts]], to Dr. Sheldon Roth, a [[psychiatrist]]/[[psychoanalyst]] and assistant clinical professor at [[Harvard Medical School]], and Cora Roth, a [[Painting|painter]].<ref name="roth2">{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Phillip|coauthors=|title=Captive audiences|pages=|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=2007-06-15|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/14/1181414390274.html|accessdate=2007-07-07}}</ref> His grandparents emigrated from [[Austria]], [[Russia]], and [[Poland]], and Roth was raised [[Jew]]ish.<ref name="Roth1">{{cite news | last =Fischer| first =Paul| coauthors=| title =Eli Roth Has The Fever| pages=| publisher =Film Monthly| date =2003-09-02 | url =http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/ERoth/ERoth.html| accessdate =2007-01-07 }}</ref><ref name="ref091">{{cite news|last=Parks|first=Louis B.|coauthors=|title=Eli Roth gets a head-turning role in Inglourious Basterds|pages=|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2009-08-19|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/6578409.html|accessdate=2009-08-19}}</ref> Roth began shooting films at the age of eight after watching [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979).<ref name="indep">{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/blood-brother-director-eli-roth-inventer-of-torture-porn-454225.html|title=Blood brother: Director Eli Roth, inventer of 'torture porn' |author=Shane Danielson |publisher=[[The Independent]] |date=2007-06-24 |accessdate=2008-08-10 |location=London}}</ref> He made over 50 short films with his brothers Adam and Gabe<ref name="forbe">{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19231135/ |title=Eli Roth makes box office gross — literally |author=Mary Ellen Egan |publisher=[[Forbes]] via [[MSNBC]] |date=2007-06-14 |accessdate=2008-08-10}}</ref> before graduating at [[Newton South High School]] and attending film school (the Tisch School of the Arts) at [[New York University]], from which he graduated in 1994. By the age of 20, and while still a student at NYU, Roth ran the office of [[Film producer|producer]] Frederick Zollo,<ref name="forbe"/> eventually leaving to devote himself to writing full-time. Actress [[Camryn Manheim]] gave Roth one of his first jobs in Hollywood, putting him on as an extra on ''[[The Practice]]'' when he first moved to [[Los Angeles]]. Roth would stay in Manheim's dressing room working on his scripts while she filmed the show. The two had met and become friends while Roth was working for Fred Zollo in New York City. Roth also met Manheim's cousin Howie Nuchow (former EVP of Mandalay Sports Entertainment and also from the Boston, MA area) at Camryn's family passover seder—this led to Roth's first animation project "Chowdaheads" in the year that followed. Roth also co-wrote a project called "The Extra" with Manheim;<ref name="boston family">{{cite news |first=Geoff |last=Edgers |publisher=Boston globe |title=The family cut-up |date=9 November 2003 |accessdate=28 September 2009|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/09/11/the_family_cut_up/ }}</ref> Manheim would later sell the pitch to producer (and former CEO and Chairman of Fox Studios) Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium company. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1994 at NYU. ==Film career== In his final years (1993/1994) at NYU film school, Roth wrote and directed a student film called ''Restaurant Dogs'' as an homage to [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. The film was nominated for a Student Academy Award in 1995, and won its division (Division III.) Through his internship with producer Fred Zollo in years prior, Roth met [[David Lynch]] and remained in contact with him over the years, eventually producing content for Lynch with his fledgling website in the late 1990s.<ref name="boston family"/> Roth met film and TV composer [[Angelo Badalamenti]] through Lynch; he would later use Badalamenti's music in his first feature film. He also met a member of special effects company [[KNB EFX]] through Lynch; KNB EFX would later contribute to his first feature. Roth moved from NYC to LA in 1999; shortly thereafter he wrote, directed, edited, produced, animated, and provided voices for a series of animated shorts called ''[[Chowdaheads]]'' for [[Mandalay Sports Entertainment]]. The shorts were intended to be shown between [[WCW Monday Nitro]] pro wrestling matches, but the C.E.O. of WCW who had green lit the project was fired the weekend before they were supposed to be aired, and they were never actually broadcast, despite being completed. Roth's friend Noah Belson co-wrote the shorts and provided the other character voices. After receiving financial backup from the website Z.com to deliver a 5-minute pilot, Roth wrote, directed, animated and produced a series of stop-motion shorts in mid-2000 called ''The Rotten Fruit''.<ref name="boston family"/> The company (z.com) folded shortly after several episodes were completed, and the domain name "z.com" was picked up by Nissan years later to promote their sports car of the same name. A portion of the work for ''The Rotten Fruit'' was done at the Snake Pit studios in Burbank using miniature sets, poseable clay and foam figures, two high-end digital still cameras, and a pair of [[Macintosh]] computers. Roth's friend Noah Belson co-wrote the shorts and performed the character voices along with Roth. ===''Cabin Fever''=== In 1995, a year after graduating from NYU, Roth cowrote ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' with his roommate and friend from NYU, Randy Pearlstein. Roth based the premise of the script on his own encounter with a skin infection he contracted while training horses at a farm in [[Selfoss (town)|Selfoss]], Iceland, in 1991. Much of the script was written while Roth was working as a production assistant in 1996 for [[Howard Stern]]'s movie ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]''. The film was made in 2001 on a budget of $1.5 million raised from private investors. Roth sold the film to Lionsgate at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival for $3.5 million, the biggest sale of the festival that year. The film was released in 2003 and was Lionsgate's highest grossing film of the year, earning $22 million at the U.S. box office and $35 million worldwide. [[Lionsgate]] used the theatrical success of ''Cabin Fever'' to raise the money to purchase [[Artisan Entertainment]]. Lionsgate stock rose from $1.98 a share at the time ''Cabin Fever'' was purchased at the Toronto Film Festival to nearly $6 a share after ''Cabin Fever'' was released theatrically.<ref>Source: Lionsgate website financial reports</ref> The film made Roth a new star in the horror genre. In his 2004 Premiere Magazine interview for ''Kill Bill,'' Quentin Tarantino called ''Cabin Fever'' his favorite new film and Roth "the future of horror." ===''Hostel''=== Roth's second feature film, ''[[Hostel (2005 film)|Hostel]]'', was made in 2005 on a budget of a little more than $4 million. It opened to No. 1 at the box office in January 2006, taking in $20 million over its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ryan |last=Stewart |title=Audiences Hostile to 'Hostel II' At Box Office|pages=|publisher=Cinematical|date=2007-06-10|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2007/06/10/audiences-hostile-to-hostel-ii-at-box-office//|accessdate=2009-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roth returning to 'Hostel'?|pages=|publisher=Time Out|date=2006-02-03|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/news/897/|accessdate=2009-09-29}}</ref> It went on to gross $80 million worldwide in box office, and more than $180 million worldwide on DVD. In April 2006 on Eli Roth's birthday, ''Hostel'' opened on DVD at No. 1.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} The movie plot is said to take place in [[Slovakia]], however, all the exteriors were shot in the [[Czech Republic]]. The story line is naively simple - three friends are lured to visit a hostel in which they think their sexual fantasies will come true. Instead, they drop into the clutches of an international syndicate offering a first-hand torturing and killing experience to the sadistic pleasure of rich tourists. The film was voted the No. 1 scariest movie moment on the Bravo TV special ''30 Even Scarier Movie Moments''.<ref>{{cite video | people = Kevin Kaufman | title = [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450892/ The 100 Scariest Movie Moments] | medium = TV-Series | publisher = Bravo TV |date =2004 }}</ref> [[Empire Magazine]] readers voted ''Hostel'' the Best Horror Film of 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Empire Readers Awards 2007 |url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards/horror.asp |work= |publisher=Empire Magazine Online |accessdate=2009-09-28}}</ref> Roth reportedly turned down numerous studio directing jobs to make ''Hostel.'' He took a directing salary of only $10,000 on ''Hostel'' in order to keep the budget as low as possible so there would be no limitations on the violence. In January 2006, film critic [[David Edelstein]] in ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'' credited Roth with creating the horror sub-genre '[[Splatter film#Torture porn|torture porn]],' or 'gorno,' using excessive violence to excite audiences like a sexual act.<ref>[[David Edelstein]]. "[http://nymag.com/movies/features/15622/ Now Playing at Your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn]", ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'', published on January 28th, 2006.</ref> Le Monde critic Jean-François Raugier named ''Hostel'' as the Best Film of the Decade in the January 2010 issue of Film Comment Magazine.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} ===''Controversy''=== In the country supposedly depicted in the movie, the Slovak Republic, it generated unanimously indignant reaction in general public and official representatives.<ref> "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4754744.stm/ Slovakia angered by horror film]", ''[[BBC News]]'', published on February 2nd, 2006.</ref> The "artistic" qualities of the movie aside, the very story is said to have slandered [[Slovakia]], a country mostly unfamiliar to the non-European audience. Roth argued that he selected Slovakia as a setting for the picture to show Americans' lack of knowledge. "Americans do not even know that this country exists. My film is not a geographical work but aims to show Americans' ignorance of the world around them," <ref> "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4754744.stm/ Slovakia angered by horror film]", ''[[BBC News]]'', published on February 2nd, 2006.</ref> The official Slovak response to the movie was an invitation to the director to visit the country. <ref> "[http://www.bratislava-city.sk/bratislava-hostel-movie/ Movie Hostel - Bratislava, Slovakia fights back by inviting director]", ''Bratislava-City.sk'', published on March 15th, 2006.</ref> "I think I have to be a man and go there and face the music," director Eli Roth was quoted by Reuters as saying. He also apologised to Slovaks for depicitng them as maniacs. In later reports, Roth appeared to backtrack, saying he was scared to visit. "I have a feeling that now I've made the film, I will get beaten and tortured in Slovakia," virgin.net Movie News section quoted him as saying. ===''Thanksgiving''=== [[File:Eli Roth 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Roth at the Spike TV [[Scream Awards]], 2007]] In 2007, Roth directed the faux trailer segment ''Thanksgiving'' for ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' in addition to appearing in ''Death Proof'', [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s segment of the film. Roth and cowriter Jeff Rendell won a 2007 [[Spike TV]] [[Scream Award]] for best "screamplay" for their writing in ''Grindhouse,'' sharing the honor with [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Robert Rodriguez]], [[Rob Zombie]] and [[Edgar Wright]]. Roth also provided the narration for the faux trailer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18206|title=Giving Thanks With Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' Trailer}}</ref>According to [[IMDb]], Roth will be directing a feature-film version of ''Thanksgiving'' to be released in 2013.<ref>{{IMDb title|1448754|title=Thanksgiving}}</ref> ===''Hostel: Part II''=== ''Hostel: Part II'' opened in sixth place with $8.2 million and went on to total $17.6 million by the end of its theatrical run. The film cost $10.2 million and made $35 million dollars worldwide and another $50 million on DVD and pay television.<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hostel2.htm</ref> Lionsgate attributed the lower grosses to the summer release date opposite summer blockbusters such as ''Shrek 3'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' and ''Ocean's 13'', as well as the film's workprint being leaked from a Lionsgate studio executive online prior to the film's release. Close to 2 million illegal workprint downloads were tracked the day ''Hostel 2'' opened theatrically in the U.S. {{quote|I don't know if it was the most downloaded film of all time, but there are tracking services that track what movies are being downloaded. And a copy of ''Hostel 2'' leaked out before its release and they had it, it was like millions and millions of hits. Not only was it downloaded, but in the countries it was downloaded — like Mexico and Brazil — there were copies on the street for practically a penny. You could buy ''Hostel 2'' for a quarter in Mexico City. As a result, in a lot of countries where the piracy was bad, they just didn't even release it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1572192/20071017/story.jhtml|title=Eli Roth 'Furious' Over 'Hostel' Pirates: 'I Don't Want Those Fans,' He Says}}</ref>}} ''Hostel Part II'' was nominated for six Spike TV Scream Awards, including best horror film and best director. It was on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 20 best horror films of the past 20 years. {{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} ===''Endangered Species ''=== Eli Roth announced that after ''Inglourious Basterds'' was done he would begin work on his next film, ''Endangered Species''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18296|title=Some Final Tweaks on Eli Roth's 'Endangered Species'}}</ref> {{quote|I can’t say anything without giving anything away!… I saw ''Transformers'' and ''Cloverfield'' and thought, ‘I have an idea for a mass destruction movie.’ But it’s going to be very different from those films. And it’s science fiction, but a little more grounded than that.<ref>{{cite web| last = Faracil | first = David |publisher = |date = 7 September 2009| title = Eli Roth is being coy | url=http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/20091/1/ELI-ROTH-IS-BEING-COY-AND-THRIFTY-ABOUT-ENDANGERED-SPECIES/Page1.html | accessdate = 28 September 2009 }}</ref>}} ===Other projects=== He has talked about doing a film called ''Trailer Trash'', a film made of fake trailers; according to an appearance on [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]], Roth was quoted saying "''Trailer Trash'' is not a horror film, it's a comedy. It will be very R-rated and completely insane, and I'm producing it with [[Mike Fleiss]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/09/eli-roth-not-involved-with-hostel-iii|title=Eli Roth Not Involved in Hostel III|author=Russ Fischer|publisher=Slash Film}}</ref> He is currently producing a [[kung fu]] movie entitled ''[[Man with the Iron Fist]]''. It is being written, directed, and scored by [[The RZA]], who stars in the film. According to Roth, [[Quentin Tarantino]] is involved with the movie as well. In a recent interview with CHUD, Roth said: {{quote|This movie will have everything martial arts fans could want, combined with RZA's superb musical talent. This project has been his dream for years, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. And fans should know that yes, there will be blood... This ain't no PG-13.<ref>http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/79684/[Movies]-Eli-Roth-On-RZA/s-The-Man-With-The-Iron-Fist.htm</ref><ref>http://chud.com/articles/articles/15467/1/ELI-ROTH-GIVES-CHUD-THE-SCOOP-ON-RZA039S-MARTIAL-ARTS-MOVIE/Page1.html</ref>}} Roth has been a guest on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', ''Chelsea Lately'', ''The Carson Daly Show'', ''Your World with Neil Cavuto'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien'', ''Sunday Morning Shootout'', and served as a guest judge on the filmmaking reality series ''On The Lot''. He has been profiled and interviewed in ''The New York Times'', ''G.Q.'', ''Elle'' Magazine, ''Maxim'', ''Le Monde'', ''La Republica'', ''Time Out: London'', ''Time'' Magazine, ''Empire'' Magazine, ''Premiere'', and Italian ''Vogue''. Dolce & Gabbana and Nike give him clothes for all his public appearances. Roth has also appeared three times as an answer in the ''New York Times'' Sunday crossword puzzle, and was a subject of the G4 profile show ''Icons''. (2007) Eli Roth has also been a frequent contributor to DVD extras content (liner notes and video commentary) for horror film distributors [[Grindhouse Releasing]]/[[Box Office Spectaculars]], particularly on two of his favorite films [[Juan Piquer Simon]]'s ''[[Pieces (1982 film)|Pieces]]'' and the upcoming North American DVD release of [[Lucio Fulci]]'s ''[[A Cat in the Brain|Cat in the Brain]]''.<ref name="icons">[http://iconsoffright.com/news/2008/12/lucio_fulcis_cat_in_the_brain.html Icons of Fright News and Updates: Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain Coming to DVD March 31st]</ref><ref name="DVD">[http://dvdtrash.blogspot.com/2009/01/dvd-release-cat-in-brain.html DVD Trash: DVD Release: Cat in the Brain]</ref><ref name="Fear">[http://www.fearnet.com/news/b14163_final_cat_in_brain_dvd_specs.html Fear.net "Final Cat in the Brain DVD Specs", Dec. 29, 2008, by Gabrielle DiPietro]</ref> ''Men's Fitness'' magazine voted Roth Most Fit Director in their July 2006 issue, a title Roth takes very seriously with a strict workout routine that he documents on the ''Hostel'' DVDs. Roth claims he treats every red carpet like it was a Milan runway, and often jokes that he only makes films as a way to live out his lifelong dream of being a male supermodel. He spoke of his love for fashion in his interview in the October 2007 issue of Italian ''Vogue''. Roth is an animator, having written, produced, directed, animated and voiced two series: ''[[Chowdaheads]]'' (1999) and ''[[The Rotten Fruit]]'' (2000). ''Chowdaheads'' was co-written and co-voiced with friend [[Noah Belson]], and was made with traditional hand-drawn animation. ''The Rotten Fruit'', which Roth again co-wrote and co-voiced with Belson, was made with [[stop-motion animation]] done with foam puppets. Roth also participated in the 2006 animated comedy film, ''Disaster!'', voicing the lumberjack during the opening moments of the film. The comical 'death by squirrels' the lumberjack suffers is inspired by Roth's gruesome and often ironic ways of killing characters in his own films. Roth recorded an [[audio commentary]] for [[Troma]]'s 2005 DVD release of ''[[Blood Sucking Freaks]]'' having no formal credit, billed only as a "Blood and Guts Expert." The DVD is one of Troma's highest selling. Roth often makes uncredited cameos in Troma films. He made an unbilled cameo as a Tromaville citizen in ''[[Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV]]'' in 2000. Roth had a role in Quentin Tarantino's half of ''[[Grindhouse]]'', ''[[Death Proof]]'', in a scene with Jordan Ladd. Tarantino was so impressed by Roth's brief role as Justin in ''Cabin Fever'', he asked Roth to audition for the film. Roth left his preproduction on ''Hostel Part II'' in Prague to fly to [[Austin, Texas]] for one week to film the scene at the Texas Chili Parlor. Roth said working as an actor for Tarantino was like taking a masterclass in directing, and said the only directors he would ever act for were people who had won the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Roth also made appearances in several projects that [[David Lynch]] directed for Davidlynch.com. Roth was profiled on the [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]] TV show ''Icons'', and was on the cover of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine's "Hollywood's most profitable stars" issue. Eli Roth brought a ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' shot-for-shot remake by kids to the attention of both [[Harry Knowles]] and [[Steven Spielberg]]. Roth had a copy in his collection of videos for years before showing it at Harry Knowles' [[Butt-Numb-A-Thon]] film festival in December, 2002. The response was so overwhelming that Roth took the tape to his very first meeting at [[Dreamworks]], and gave it to an executive to give to Steven Spielberg. The executive called Roth the next week saying that Spielberg loved it and wanted to contact the filmmakers. Roth had never met the filmmakers, but Google searched every name in the credits until he got a hold of Jayson Lamb, the cinematographer. The three filmmakers, Lamb, Chris Strompolis, and Eric Zala (a former [[Activision]] employee), had not spoken to each other in years when Roth contacted them out of the blue, saying that Spielberg wanted to write them a letter. This reunited the friends, who began touring the world doing charity screenings with the film. Roth felt that the film was so powerful he had to do whatever he could to make sure fans around the world saw it. Roth introduced the film at its premiere at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in May 2008, five and a half years after he first got the tape to Knowles and Spielberg. Roth co-starred with [[Brad Pitt]] in Quentin Tarantino's [[World War II]] epic ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', playing Donny Donowitz, a.k.a. "The Bear Jew." He also guest directed the [[Nazi propaganda]] film-within-the-film, ''Nation's Pride''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35838/eli-roth-talks-cabin-fever-hostel-3-endangered-species-thanksgiving-and-more|title=Eli Roth Talks Cabin Fever, Hostel 3, Endangered Species, Thanksgiving and More!}}</ref> Roth wrote, directed and acted in a P.S.A. for P.E.T.A. about the link between violence against animals leading to violence against people. Roth won a Telly Award for his spot (Public Service Category: Bronze.) Roth, through his company Arcade with Eric Newman and Strike producer Marc Abraham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19070|title=The Power of Christ Compels Lionsgate to Purchase Retitled 'Exorcism' Flick, 'Cotton'}}</ref> produced the horror film ''The Last Exorcism'', (originally titled ''Cotton'') which was directed by Daniel Stamm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18031|title=AFM '09: First Ever Images From Eli Roth's 'Cotton'!!}}</ref> It was completed in December 2009 and in February 2010 retitled ''The Last Exorcism''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35866/lionsgate-nabs-cotton-changes-title-last-exorcism|title=Lionsgate Nabs Cotton, Changes Title to Last Exorcism}}</ref> ''The Last Exorcism'', which cost $1.5 million to produce, opened to over $20 million dollars in the U.S., and earned the #1 opening spots in Canada and the U.K. The film was completely paid for by selling off a few foreign territories and in profits before shooting began. It earned over $40 million dollars at the U.S. box office, totaling $70 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015085.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title=Lionsgate snags 'Last Exorcism' - Horror pic produced by Eli Roth, StudioCanal, Strike | work=Variety | first=Sharon|last=Swart|date=2010-02-11}}</ref> Roth also had a cameo as a contest emcee in [[Alexandre Aja]]'s ''[[Piranha 3-D]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19117|title=Eli Roth on Bloody 'Piranha' Remake, 3-D Technology}}</ref> == Filmography == {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Film ! colspan="5"|Credited as |- ! width=65 |[[Film director|Director]] ! width=65 |[[Film producer|Producer]] ! width=65 |[[Screenwriter|Writer]] ! width=65 |[[Actor]] ! Role |-align="center" | 2002 | align="left"| ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Justin aka Grim |-align="center" | 2004 | align="left"| ''[[Tales from the Crapper]]'' | | | | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Gay Party-goer |-align="center" | rowspan="2"| 2005 | align="left"| ''[[2001 Maniacs]]'' | | {{X mark}} | | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Justin |-align="center" | align="left"| ''[[Hostel (2005 film)|Hostel]]'' | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | align="left"| American Stoner |-align="center" | rowspan="3"| 2007 | align="left"| ''[[Hostel: Part II]]'' | {{X mark}} | | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Head on stick ([[cameo appearance|cameo]]) |-align="center" | align="left"| ''[[Death Proof]]'' | | | | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Dov |-align="center" | align="left"| ''[[Grindhouse (film)#Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving]] | {{X mark}} | | {{X mark}} | | |-align="center" | rowspan="2"| 2009 | align="left"| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' | | | | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz |-align="center" | align="left"| ''Nation's Pride'' ([[film within a film]]) | {{X mark}} | | | | align="left"| N/A |-align="center" | rowspan="2"| 2010 | align="left"| ''[[The Last Exorcism]]'' | | {{X mark}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33859/eli-roth-produced-cotton-screening-sundance|title=Eli Roth-Produced Cotton Screening for Sundance}}</ref> | | | align="left"| N/A |-align="center" | align="left"| ''[[Piranha 3-D]]'' | | | | {{X mark}} | align="left"| Wet T-shirt contest MC |-align="center|" |-align="center" |rowspan=4|2011 | align="left"| ''[[The Man with the Iron Fist]]'' | | {{X mark}} | | | align="left"| |-align="center" | align="left"| ''Endangered Species'' | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} |-align="center" | align="left"| ''Thanksgiving'' | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | {{X mark}} | align="left"| |-align="center" | align="left"| ''Clown'' | | {{X mark}} | | | align="left"| N/A |} ==Collaborations== Eli Roth has cast certain actors in more than one of his films. {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! ! ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' ! ''[[Hostel (2005 film)|Hostel]]'' ! ''[[Hostel: Part II]]'' ! ''[[Grindhouse (film)#Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving]]'' |- |[[Derek Richardson (actor)|Derek Richardson]] | |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}}²</center> | |- |[[Jay Hernandez]] | |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}} |<center>{{X mark}}³</center> |- |[[Rick Hoffman]] | |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}}²</center> | |- |Jana Kaderabkova | |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}}²</center> | |- |[[Jordan Ladd]] |<center>{{X mark}}</center> | |<center>{{X mark}} |<center>{{X mark}}³</center> |- |[[Barbara Nedeljáková]] | |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}}²</center> | |- |Eli Roth |<center>{{X mark}}</center> |<center>{{X mark}}¹</center> |<center>{{X mark}}¹</center> |<center>{{X mark}}³</center> |} ¹ [[cameo appearance|Normal cameo]].<br> ² [[Flashback (psychology)|Flashback]] cameo.<br> ³ Possible upcoming role. ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/My-Son-Killed-Adolf-Hitler.html My Son Killed Adolf Hitler by Sheldon Roth on Patheos] *{{IMDb name|744834}} *{{myspace|eliroth}} *{{twitter|eliroth}} * [http://dlisted.com/node/36728 D-Listed profile] {{Eli Roth Films}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Roth, Eli | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1972-04-18 | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Newton, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Eli}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Newton, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Actors from Massachusetts]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American film directors]] [[Category:Horror film directors]] [[Category:Jewish actors]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American people of Austrian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:New York University alumni]] [[Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners]] [[an:Eli Roth]] [[de:Eli Roth]] [[es:Eli Roth]] [[fr:Eli Roth]] [[it:Eli Roth]] [[he:אלי רות']] [[hu:Eli Roth]] [[nl:Eli Roth]] [[ja:イーライ・ロス]] [[no:Eli Roth]] [[pl:Eli Roth]] [[pt:Eli Roth]] [[ru:Рот, Элай]] [[fi:Eli Roth]] [[sv:Eli Roth]] [[sk:kokot]]'