Eli Roth Bio | Wiki
Eli Roth is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, having directed the films Cabin Fever and Hostel.
As an actor, Eli starred as Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s war film Inglourious Basterds in 2009. He received a Critic’s Choice Movie Award and a SAG Award as part of the ensemble. In 2013, he received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror at the Stanley Film Festival.
Eli Roth Age
Eli was born on April 18, 1972, in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. He is 50 years old.
Eli Roth Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 6 ft (Approx. 1.82 m).
Eli Roth Family
He was born the middle of three sons in Newton, Massachusetts, to his parents Sheldon Roth and Cora Roth. Eli’s father was a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst and clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, and his mother was a painter. He has an older brother, Adam, and a younger brother, Gabriel. Eli was raised Jewish. In addition to English, he speaks French, Italian, and basic Russian.
Eli Roth Wife
Eli married Chilean actress and model Lorenza Izzo in November 2014, on the beach of the Chilean town Zapallar. The two announced their separation in July 2018 and finalized the divorce in August 2019. Lorenza has appeared in films, including Aftershock, The Green Inferno, Knock Knock, and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Eli Roth Education
He graduated from Newton South High School and attended film school, the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. To fund his films while in college, Eli worked as an online cybersex operator for Penthouse Magazine, posing as a woman, as well as a production assistant on feature films.
Eli Roth’s History Of Horror
Eli is a curator of the Museum of Pop Culture’s exhibit “Can’t Look Away”, detailing the history of horror. He was selected, along with directors John Landis and Roger Corman, to represent three generations of film directors who have shaped the genre. The installation opened in September 2011 and ran through 2014.
Eli Roth Inglourious Basterds
He starred as Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s war film Inglourious Basterds (2009). Eli received a Critic’s Choice Movie Award and a SAG Award as part of the ensemble. Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
It starrs Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany’s leadership—one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus, a young French Jewish cinema proprietor.
Eli Roth Thanksgiving
In 2007, Eli directed and narrated the faux trailer segment Thanksgiving for Grindhouse and appeared in Death Proof, Tarantino’s segment of the film. He and co-writer Jeff Rendell won a 2007 Spike TV Scream Award for best “screamplay” for their work in Grindhouse, sharing the honor with Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, and Edgar Wright. In January 2023, it was announced Eli is developing a feature-length film version of Thanksgiving.
Eli Roth Clown
In 2014, he produced the American supernatural horror film Clown and had the minor role of “Frowny the Clown.” Visual effects for the clown monster were done by Jagdeep Khoza, Alterian, Inc., and Tony Gardner.
Principal photography began in November 2012, in Ottawa. The film was released in Italy on November 13, 2014, in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2015, and in the United States on June 17, 2016, by Dimension Films. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Eli Roth Cabin Fever
He had co-written Cabin Fever with his college roommate Randy Pearlstein. They based the premise on Eli’s experience of contracting a skin infection while riding ponies at a family friend’s farm in Iceland in 1991.
Much of it was written in 1996, while Eli worked as a production assistant for Howard Stern’s film Private Parts. Cabin Fever made him a star in the horror genre. In a 2004 Premiere Magazine interview, Quentin Tarantino called it “the best new American film”. Cabin Fever was remade in 2016 and directed by Travis Zariwny.
Eli Roth The Green Inferno
Eli directed the cannibal horror film The Green Inferno in 2013. It was inspired by his love of Mondo horror films such as the infamous Cannibal Holocaust. The Green Inferno was criticized for its portrayal of indigenous people as cannibals, and it was described as a “new low in racist filmmaking” by People’s World.
Eli Roth Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Eli’s estimated net worth is $20 million.
Who Is Eli Roth
He is a 50-year-old American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is most closely associated with the horror genre, having directed the films Cabin Fever and Hostel. Eli was married to Lorenza Izzo in 2014 and divorced in 2019.