Eric Roth (born 22 March 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplay for Michael Mann's The Insider (1999), the Steven Spielberg film Munich (2005), David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) , all of which were nominated for Oscars. Roth was born in New York City, New York, the son of Miriam "Mimi", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from UCLA Film School as well as a degree from University of California,
Forrest Gump
(Screenplay)
The Good Shepherd
(Writer)
The Horse Whisperer
(Screenplay)
Munich
(Screenplay)
Mr. Jones
(Screenplay)
Lucky You
(Screenplay)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Screenplay)
Ali
(Screenplay)
The Insider
(Screenplay)
Suspect
(Screenplay)
The Postman
(Screenplay)
The Nickel Ride
(Writer)
The Concorde... Airport '79
(Screenplay)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
(Screenplay)
Untitled Cher Biopic
(Writer)
Memories of Me
(Writer)
Laal Singh Chaddha
(Original Film Writer)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Story)
Here
(Screenplay)
Ellis
(Screenplay)
Lucky You
(Story)
Untitled Lee Isaac Chung Project
(Writer)
I'm Waiting for You
(Screenplay)
A Star Is Born
(Screenplay)
Rendezvous with Rama
(Screenplay)
Killers of the Flower Moon
(Screenplay)
Dune
(Screenplay)
Mank
(Producer)
To Catch a Pebble
(Screenplay)
Jane's House
(Teleplay)
The Strangers in 7A
(Teleplay)
London
(Screenplay)
1 Girl Infinite
(Executive Producer)
Mr. Jones
(Story)
House of Cards
(Executive Producer)
The Alienist
(Executive Producer)
Before
(Executive Producer)
Berlin Station
(Executive Producer)