Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, first coming to prominence for directing the films Cabin Fever and Hostel.\n', '

As an actor, Roth\'s most prominent role has been as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino\'s war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic\'s Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films. In 2013, Roth received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror, at the Stanley Film Festival. He directed the 2015 erotic thriller film Knock Knock and the 2018 action film Death Wish, a remake of the 1974 original. In 2018, he also directed The House with a Clock in Its Walls, his first PG-rated film and his highest domestic grosser to date.\n', '

Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Sheldon Roth, a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst and clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, and Cora Roth, a painter. Roth was raised Jewish (his family is from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). In addition to English, he speaks French, Italian, and Russian.\n', '

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