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Eric Roth

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Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). In 2026 Roth made his playwriting debut on London's West End with his stage adaptation of High Noon starring Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crudup and Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Roth is the 2,868th most popular writer (down from 2,715th in 2024), the 4,120th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,444th in 2019) and the 330th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Eric Roth ranks 2,868 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Apostolo Zeno, Nguyễn Du, Takiji Kobayashi, Judith Miller, and Karl Philipp Moritz. After him are Balthasar Russow, Mihailo Lalić, Hilaire Belloc, Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, and Samad Vurgun.

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Among people born in 1945, Eric Roth ranks 248. Before him are Maryla Rodowicz, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Steve Gadd, Joanna Cassidy, Thilo Sarrazin, and Leonard Adleman. After him are Shulamith Firestone, Sam Webb, Herman van Veen, Ian Stewart, David Chase, and Erik De Vlaeminck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Roth ranks 4,120 out of NaN. Before him are McCoy Tyner (1938), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Big Boss Man (1963), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Leonard Adleman (1945), and Carl Wilson (1946). After him are Sewall Wright (1889), Patrick Wayne (1939), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Chrissie Hynde (1951), John Ashbery (1927), and Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eric Roth ranks 330. Before him are Lucia Berlin (1936), Harold Robbins (1916), Charles Berlitz (1913), Adrienne Rich (1929), Tom Robbins (1932), and Judith Miller (1948). After him are John Ashbery (1927), Edward Bunker (1933), Eric Carle (1929), Carl Bernstein (1944), Richard Wright (1908), and Joe Hill (1972).

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