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Eric Roth

Biography

Eric Roth (born 22 March 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplay for Michael Mann's The Insider (1999), the Steven Spielberg film Munich (2005), and David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), all of which were nominated for Oscars.

Roth was born in New York City, New York, the son of Miriam "Mimi", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from UCLA Film School as well as a degree from University of California, Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Roth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Writing

Here

2024

Screenplay

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Screenplay

Laal Singh Chaddha

2022

Original Film Writer

Dune

2021

Screenplay

A Star Is Born

2018

Screenplay

Ellis

2015

Screenplay

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

Story

Lucky You

2007

Screenplay

Lucky You

2007

Story

The Good Shepherd

2006

Writer

Munich

2005

Screenplay

Ali

2001

Screenplay

The Insider

1999

Screenplay

The Horse Whisperer

1998

Screenplay

The Postman

1997

Screenplay

Forrest Gump

1994

Screenplay

Jane's House

1994

Teleplay

Mr. Jones

1993

Screenplay

Mr. Jones

1993

Story

Memories of Me

1988

Writer

Suspect

1987

Screenplay

The Concorde... Airport '79

1979

Screenplay

The Nickel Ride

1975

Writer

The Strangers in 7A

1972

Teleplay

To Catch a Pebble

1970

Screenplay

Untitled Cher Biopic

Writer

Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project

Writer

I'm Waiting for You

Screenplay

Rendezvous with Rama

Screenplay

London

Screenplay