Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

Roth continued to work in the horror genre, directing films like Hostel: Part II (2007), The Green Inferno (2013) and Thanksgiving (2023).

Many journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and controversially bloody horror films.

[10] Roth also ran the office of producer Frederick Zollo,[9] leaving after graduation to devote himself to writing full-time.

[11] Actress Camryn Manheim gave Roth one of his first Hollywood jobs, as an extra on The Practice, when he moved to Los Angeles.

Roth also co-wrote a project called The Extra with Manheim,[12] who later sold the pitch to producer (and former CEO and chairman of Fox Studios) Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium company.

[20] In mid-2000, with financing from the website Z.com to deliver a five-minute pilot, Roth wrote, directed, animated, and produced a series of stop-motion shorts called The Rotten Fruit.

A portion of Roth's work for The Rotten Fruit was done at the Snake Pit studios in Burbank with miniature sets, posable clay, foam figures, two high-end digital still cameras, and a pair of Macintosh computers.

They based the premise on Roth's experience of contracting a skin infection while riding ponies at a family friend's farm in Iceland in 1991.

[22] Much of it was written in 1996, while Roth worked as a production assistant for Howard Stern's film Private Parts.

Instead, they fall into the clutches of an international syndicate that provides first-hand torture and killing experiences for rich, sadistic tourists.

1 on Bravo TV's 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments,[33] and Empire Magazine readers voted Hostel the Best Horror Film of 2007.

In January 2006, film critic David Edelstein in New York magazine credited Roth with creating the horror subgenre "torture porn", or "gorno", using excessive violence to excite audiences like a sexual act.

Roth and co-writer Jeff Rendell won a 2007 Spike TV Scream Award for best "screamplay" for their work in Grindhouse, sharing the honor with Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, and Edgar Wright.

[41]Hostel: Part II was nominated for six Spike TV Scream Awards, including best horror film and best director.

[43] In 2009, King finished the screenplay, and actors John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson joined the project;[44] however, Roth did not direct.

In an interview with CHUD, Roth said, "This movie will have everything martial-arts fans could want, combined with RZA's superb musical talent.

[55]In a 2013 interview with The Guardian, Roth indicated that he had suspended work on Endangered Species to focus on 2013's The Green Inferno.

[59] Roth hosted and executive-produced an episode of Discovery Channel's TV series Curiosity, titled "How Evil Are You?

"[60] The episode explored the scientific aspects of evil, with Roth undergoing a brain scan and DNA sequencing at University of California, Davis with neuropsychiatrist Dr. James Fallon.

The film was panned by critics as "pro-gun propaganda" and ill-timed in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

[73][74] In 2002, Roth brought a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark made by children to the attention of both Harry Knowles and Steven Spielberg.

[77][79] Roth, feeling that their film was so powerful he had to do whatever he could to make sure fans saw it, introduced it at its premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in May 2008, five and a half years after he first gave the tape to Knowles.

[84] Roth is a frequent contributor to DVD "extras" content (liner notes, video commentary) for horror film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, particularly for two of his favorite films Juan Piquer Simón's Pieces and the North American DVD release of Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain.

[85][86][87] Roth's most notable appearance to date is his role as violent Bostonian soldier Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds.

Roth is a curator of the Museum of Pop Culture's exhibit "Can't Look Away", detailing the history of horror.

[95] Haunted Desert LLC, which owns Goretorium, filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2013,[96] and the attraction closed in October.

[98][99] In 2015, Roth partnered with Jack Davis to launch Crypt TV, a digital company focused on short-form horror content.