- Born
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Mr. Roth won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump & has been nominated for his screenplays of The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Star is Born, & Dune. He wrote Mr. Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August, The Horse Whisperer, Ali, & Best Picture Nominee, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He was a producer of the Best Picture Nominee Mank. He received the WGA Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement.- IMDb mini biography by: oscars
- SpousesDebra Greenfield(1987 - present) (filed for divorce, 2 children)Linda Jean Roth(? - 1986) (3 children)
- Children
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Roth was one of several victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme after having his entire retirement fund wiped out.
- Attended UCLA film school with singer Jim Morrison (The Doors), who became a good friend.
- Wife Debra is a lawyer and bioethicist and Associate Professor at the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics.
- Attended UCSB and Columbia as an undergraduate, and UCLA as a graduate student.
- Was awarded the Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting Award at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Screenwriters Showcase on June 9, 2008.
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