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
I love historical movies. I want to make a violent medieval epic.
I've always wanted to be involved in an exorcism movie. But I thought, "How do you make something scarier than The Exorcist?" The answer is you don't. But that doesn't mean you can't make something that is original and interesting.
I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made. The films that really strike a film with the public are very often reflecting something that everyone, consciously or unconsciously feeling - atomic age, post 9-11, post Iraq war; it's hard to predict what people are going to be afraid of.
Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things.
I have a strong art-history background.
Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.
I get a little too obsessive with work.
I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.
Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.
As a kid, I was the neighbourhood baby-sitter - very responsible, always in charge.
Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'
Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.