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Eli Roth
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Biography:Ask any horror filmmaker about the influences for their celluloid nightmares and chances are they'll come back with something about their childhood fears and attempting to realize the things that scare them most. For Hostel and Cabin Fever director Eli Roth it has ultimately become a deeply disturbing mixture of the two. Roth's proliferation in the horror genre coupled with his giddy willingness to play the role of cinema outlaw came at just the time the PG-13 blues were leading many genre aficionados to wonder if there really were anymore filmmakers out there who were still willing to break the rules.

As a young horror fanatic, the future New York Film School graduate obsessed over keeping pace with the career trajectory of Evil Dead director Sam Raimi. With a target of 21 as the age by which he should direct his first feature, the ambitious 20-year-old sat down to write a script based on a series... Full Biography

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Writer-director Eli Roth, right, on the set of "Hostel Part II" (Lionsgate Films)
Eli Roth, left, and Brad Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
Eli Roth on the set of "Hostel"
Actors Eli Roth and Melanie Laurent and director Quentin Tarantino arrive at the 67th Annual Golden...
Actors Eli Roth and Melanie Laurent and director Quentin Tarantino arrive at the 67th Annual Golden...
Actors Eli Roth and Melanie Laurent and director Quentin Tarantino arrive at the 67th Annual Golden...
Actor B.J. Novak, actress Rosario Dawson, and director/actor Eli Roth, director Quentin Tarantino...
Filmography
Trailer Trash (2009) Hostel Part II (2007) Grindhouse (2007) Death Proof (2007) Heckler (2007) Thanksgiving (2007) Hostel (2006) 2001 Maniacs (2004)
News
Jan. 24, 2010, 6:27 AM EST
'Inglourious Basterds' cast, Bridges, Bullock win SAG awards; also `Mad Men,' `Glee' casts
Jan. 18, 2010, 5:52 AM EST
Celeb-filled parties following Golden Globe Awards upbeat despite rain, concern over Haiti
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