Eric Roth

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Born March 22, 1945 (81 years old)·New York City, New York, USA·Male

Biography

Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) 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 Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

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Filmography

51 credits across 49 titles
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Writing

28 credits

Acting

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Production

10 credits

Sound

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Crew

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As self

2 credits

Talk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.

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