Eli Roth
Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Rothis an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Awardand a BFCA Critic's Choice Award. Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 April 1972
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.
My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love Hostel and they love the thought behind it.
Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.
Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.
Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.
I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.
Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.
For a long time, I had a crazy girl dating habit.
Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
I want a movie that 30 years from now, people can look back and see it as a reflection of where the culture was at - as a barometer of the culture.
I can think of endless horrible things to do to people!
I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.
I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.
I have a strong art-history background.