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Eric Roth
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Roth at the 91st Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon
7 Nominations / 1 Win
Role Screenwriter
Born March 22, 1945
New York City, New York, USA
 

Eric Roth is an American screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for Michael Mann's The Insider (1999), the Steven Spielberg film Munich (2005), and David Fincher's film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), all of which were nominated for Oscars.

Wins[]

67th Academy Awards, 1994
Best Adapted ScreenplayForrest Gump

Nominations[]

67th Academy Awards, 1994
Best Adapted ScreenplayForrest Gump
72nd Academy Awards, 1999
Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Insider (shared with Michael Mann)
78th Academy Awards, 2005
Best Adapted ScreenplayMunich (shared with Tony Kushner)
81st Academy Awards, 2008
Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (shared with Robin Swicord)
91st Academy Awards, 2018
Best Adapted ScreenplayA Star is Born (2018) (shared with Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters)
93rd Academy Awards, 2020
Best PictureMank (shared with Ceán Chaffin and Douglas Urbanski)
94th Academy Awards, 2021
Best Adapted ScreenplayDune: Part One (shared with Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve)


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