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Eli Roth

1972 - Today

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Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, namely splatter films, having directed the films Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005). Roth continued to work in the horror genre, directing films like Hostel: Part II (2007), The Green Inferno (2013) and Thanksgiving (2023). He also expanded into other genres, directing the erotic thriller film Knock Knock (2015), the action film remake Death Wish (2018), the fantasy film The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), and the action-comedy Borderlands (2024). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eli Roth is the 785th most popular film director (up from 869th in 2019), the 5,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,501st in 2019) and the 202nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Eli Roth ranks 785 out of 2,041. Before him are Friz Freleng, Gianfranco Parolini, Timothy Treadwell, Joshua Logan, Richard Oswald, and Laura Mulvey. After him are Stuart Rosenberg, Fatih Akin, Riccardo Freda, Edmund Goulding, Sean S. Cunningham, and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Eli Roth ranks 121. Before him are Özcan Deniz, Jonny Lee Miller, Victor Ponta, Ari Behn, Virgilijus Alekna, and Trine Dyrholm. After him are Brian Molko, Yuji Nakayoshi, Esther Duflo, Gulnara Karimova, Matt Schulze, and Christophe Dugarry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eli Roth ranks 5,729 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Patti LuPone (1949), Joe E. Tata (1936), Mike Porcaro (1955), Marion Davies (1897), and Mark Cuban (1958). After him are Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), Brandi Love (1973), Donald Keene (1922), and Bill Byrge (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Eli Roth ranks 202. Before him are Chris Carter (1956), Henry Selick (1952), Budd Boetticher (1916), Friz Freleng (1906), Timothy Treadwell (1957), and Joshua Logan (1908). After him are Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), David Miller (1909), Robert Towne (1934), George Marshall (1891), and Frances Marion (1888).

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