Eli Roth: podcast appearances and interviews

Eli Raphael Roth, born on April 18, 1972, is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is primarily associated with the horror genre, particularly splatter films, and has directed notable movies such as Cabin Fever in 2002 and Hostel in 2005. Roth continued to work in horror with films like Hostel Part II (2007), The Green Inferno (2013), and Thanksgiving (2023). He also expanded his directing portfolio into other genres, including the erotic thriller Knock Knock in 2015, the action remake Death Wish in 2018, the fantasy film The House with a Clock in Its Walls in 2018, and the action-comedy Borderlands in 2024. As an actor, he is known for portraying Donny The Bear Jew Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), a role that earned him a Critic's Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast. Roth has been associated with a group of filmmakers known as the Splat Pack, recognized for their explicitly violent and controversial horror films. In 2013, he received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror at the Stanley Film Festival. In 2025, Roth founded The Horror Section in partnership with Media Capital Technologies.