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Eric Roth

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 22, 1945 (80 years)
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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Known For

  • Forrest Gump
  • Dune: Part One
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Munich
  • The Insider
  • A Star Is Born
  • The Good Shepherd
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • Laal Singh Chaddha
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • The Postman
  • House of Cards (US)
  • The Horse Whisperer
  • Ali
  • Suspect
  • Lucky You
  • Here
  • The Alienist
  • Mr. Jones
  • The Concorde... Airport '79
  • Mank
  • Berlin Station
  • Wolfen
  • The Onion Field

Eric Roth Filmography

2024
Here · as Screenplay
2023
2022
Laal Singh Chaddha · as Original Film Writer
2021
Dune: Part One · as Screenplay
2018
A Star Is Born · as Screenplay
2015
Ellis · as Screenplay
2011
2008
2007
Lucky You · as Screenplay
2006
2005
Munich · as Screenplay
2001
Ali · as Screenplay
1999
The Insider · as Screenplay
1998
The Horse Whisperer · as Screenplay
1997
The Postman · as Screenplay
1994
Forrest Gump · as Screenplay
1993
Mr. Jones · as Screenplay
1988
1987
Suspect · as Screenplay
1981
1979
1979
1975
1975
To Catch a Pebble · as Screenplay
1974

2025
The President's Cake · as Executive Producer
2024
Before (2024) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2020
2018
The Alienist (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2016
Berlin Station (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2013
House of Cards (US) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2025
Bunny · as Franklin
1998
Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Sales Guy

2019
The Movies That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self - Writer
2019
The Oscars · as Self - Nominee
2015
2009
2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2009
Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee
2001
1995
The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1995
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self

2011
Luck (TV Series) · as Co-Executive Producer
2011
Luck (TV Series) · as Written By
1994
Jane's House · as Teleplay
1992
The Heights (TV Series) · as Created By
1972
The Strangers in 7A · as Teleplay

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