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Place of birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Year of debut 1997
Eli Roth made over fifty short movies before studying film at New York University. After graduating, he had several production, post-production and minor acting jobs. He also wrote screenplays in his spare time. While working as a production assistant, he co-wrote the screenplay for Cabin Fever. He earned critical acclaim when the movie was released in 2002. He has built up a reputation in horror by writing and directing movies such as Hostel.
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£2.9918 Certificate 2009 146 MinsDirected by Quentin Tarantino. Brad Pitt leads a group of Jewish soldiers against the Nazis. Strong bloody violence.
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£2.4918 Certificate 2006 89 MinsBackpackers meet a gruesome end when they discover the dark side of Eastern Europe. Contains strong bloody violence, torture and strong sex.
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£1.9915 Certificate 2002 88 MinsEli Roth directs this gruesome tale about friends who get infected by a flesh-eating virus while camping. Strong language, bloody horror violence throughout.
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£2.4918 Certificate 2007 109 MinsDirected by Quentin Tarantino. A crazy stuntman (Kurt Russell) kills women with his death proof car. Contains strong violence and gory moments.
Did you know?
- Eli Roth won a Student Academy Award for his New York University thesis movie, Restaurant Dogs. The movie was inspired by Reservoir Dogs.
- He wrote a fake trailer called Thanksgiving for Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse.
- He created, directed and voiced an animated TV series called Chowdaheads.
- In 2007, his movie Hostel was voted Best Horror Film of the year by Empire magazine.
- He reportedly earned 10,000 dollars for directing Hostel. The movie grossed 80,578,934 dollars worldwide.