“Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things.”

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

Eli Roth is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is especially associated with horror, particularly splatter films, and is known for directing Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005). Roth has built his reputation in horror both behind and in front of the camera. His work is closely tied to graphic, visceral genre filmmaking, and his name is most often linked to the two films that helped define his place in contemporary horror.