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Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight, after watching Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and vomiting, and deciding he ...
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Producer (37 credits)
2017
Afterlife
(TV Series) (producer - 5 episodes)
- We'll All Be Together Soon
(2017)
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- Dear Diary
(2017)
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- Bad Blood
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- I Remember
(2017)
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- Welcome Home
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#15SecondScare
(TV Series short) (producer - 13 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (executive producer - 1 episode)
- Who Wants to Play with the Rabbit?
(2016)
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- It's Me Jessica
(2015)
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- Lord Binah
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- Because We Don't Want You to Fall Asleep
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- Sleepless
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Real Scares
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 15 episodes)
- Paranormal: TJ
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- Paranormal: Jean-Pierre
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- Dan
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South of Hell
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- Take Life Now
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- Blood Relations
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- I See You
(2015)
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- The One That Got Away
(2015)
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- South of the Border
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2015
1 Minute Horror
(TV Series) (executive producer - 11 episodes)
- The Elevator
(2015)
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- The Cannibal
(2015)
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- The VISITors
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- Stalk
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- Vandals
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2013-2015
Hemlock Grove
(TV Series) (executive producer - 33 episodes)
- Damascus
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- Dire Night on the Worm Moon
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- Todos Santos
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- Pendant
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- Boy in the Box
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2011
Curiosity
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
- How Evil Are You?
(2011)
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Provided three separate DVD commentaries for Hostel: Part II (2007), a solo commentary, a commentary with the actors, as well as a commentary with executive producer Quentin Tarantino. See more »Alternate Names:
David Kaufbird | Eli R. Roth | Alois von EichbergHeight:
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I saw Alien (1979) when I was eight years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws (1975) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and that's the movie that made me want to be a director. It traumatized me. I actually threw up I was so nervous after I saw it but that's like the highest compliment you can give a horror film. Then, when I was 12, I saw The Evil Dead (1981) and that movie ... See more »Trivia:
He is a shark activist and conservationist and dives regularly with them for the Discovery channel's "Shark Week." He began hosting "Shark After Dark" as an opportunity to learn about sharks and get up close with them. Roth wants them to know they are peaceful, shy, intelligent animals and not at all how they are portrayed in movies. See more »Trademark:
He photographs in 2:35 aspect ratio to give his films a 'bigger budget' feel. Roth prefers the widescreen frame, which John Carpenter used in his early films. See more »Nickname:
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