Eric R Roth was born on March 22,1945 and is an American screenwriter.
10 Facts About Eric Roth
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Eric Roth grew up boxing and would credit some of his later successes to habits learned from the sport.
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Eric Roth went to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated in 1966.
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Eric Roth later attended UCLA Film School as part of the class of 1973.
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Eric Roth won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump.
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Eric Roth is known for writing his scripts in a DOS program without Internet access, as well as distributing the scripts only in hard copy formats.
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Eric Roth followed his Academy Award win by co-writing screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films, including The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and A Star Is Born.
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Eric Roth has five children, including documentary filmmaker Vanessa Roth, and filmmakers Geoffrey Roth and Alec Roth; and six grandchildren.
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Eric Roth was one of the investors defrauded by Bernard Madoff in a Ponzi Scheme via Stanley Chais.
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Eric Roth stated that his losses were heavy and he has lost his retirement money, although the full extent is unknown.