Joe Roth

Joseph Emanuel Roth (born June 13, 1948) He grew up in New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York. In 1959, Roth's father volunteered his Joe and his brother Daniel to be plaintiff s in a case against the New York State Board of Regents, as part of the ACLU's nationwide effort to abolish mandatory prayer in public schools. The case went through several appeals, finally reaching the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. The Court ruled that such prayer was unconstitutional under the First Amendment, in the landmark case of Engel v. Vitale. Roth has stated that his Jewish family faced various forms of harassment. This involved incidents like "a cross being burned on the lawn and some of Roth's schoolmates crossed themselves before they would speak to him."

Roth attended Boston University, graduating in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in communication. The name came from Roth's favorite film, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. The company had box-office hits including Young Guns and Major League.

In 1989, Roth became chairman of 20th Century Fox, who were very successful under him, including hits Home Alone, Die Hard 2 and White Men Can't Jump. His contract expired in July 1992 but he agreed to stay on as Fox Inc. chairman Barry Diller had quit earlier in the year. He later announced in November 1992 that he was leaving Fox to set up an independent production company at The Walt Disney Studios.

In 1992, he co-founded Caravan Pictures with Roger Birnbaum, which had a production deal with The Walt Disney Studios. Roth moved on to be Disney studio chief on August 24, 1994. Disney CEO Michael Eisner was so set on replacing Jeffrey Katzenberg as Disney studio chief with Roth that he forgave the $15 million cost overrun debt for I Love Trouble and paid Roth $40 million of fees for 21 unproduced films under the deal.

Roth, who was ranked 6th in Premiere Magazines 2003 Hollywood Power List, produced the 76th annual Academy Awards. Roth announced in October 2007 that, when Revolution's distribution deal with Sony Pictures ended, that he would depart from Revolution Studios to form his own production company, Roth Films.

On November 13, 2007, Roth was introduced as the majority owner of a Seattle, Washington–based Major League Soccer franchise along with Paul Allen. Seattle Sounders FC—which calls Lumen Field home—began regular season play in 2009. On November 12, 2015, Roth passed on majority ownership to Adrian Hanauer.

Personal life Roth was married to Donna Arkoff whose father was movie producer Samuel Z. Arkoff. They have three children.

The family resided in the Dolores del Río House, designed by architect Douglas Honnold for Irish production designer Cedric Gibbons and Mexican actress Dolores del Río in 1929 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. In 2021, Roth paid $23 million for a , 1960s Midcentury home designed by Dan Dworsky and renovated by Waldo Fernandez in Beverly Hills.

Filmography Film Producer

Tunnel Vision (1976) Our Winning Season (1978) Americathon (1979) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) The Final Terror (1983) The Stone Boy (1984) Moving Violations (1985) Where the River Runs Black (1986) Streets of Gold (1986) P.K. and the Kid (1987) Young Guns (1988) The Three Musketeers (1993) Angels in the Outfield (1994) A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) Houseguest (1995) The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) Heavyweights (1995) Tall Tale (1995) While You Were Sleeping (1995) The Forgotten (2004) The Great Debaters (2007) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Heaven Is for Real (2014) Million Dollar Arm (2014) Maleficent (2014) In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Miracles from Heaven (2016) The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) Dolittle (2020) The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) F9 (2021) Hustle (2022) The Gray Man (2022) The School for Good and Evil (2022) Anyone but You (2023) Damsel (2024) A Family Affair (2024) Jackpot! (2024) Fast Forever (2028) Just Picture It (TBA)

Executive producer

Cracking Up (1977) Bachelor Party (1984) Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) Dead Ringers (1988) (Uncredited) Skin Deep (1989) Renegades (1989) Enemies, A Love Story (1989) Young Guns II (1990) The Exorcist III (1990) Pacific Heights (1990) Angie (1994) Before and After (1996) Tears of the Sun (2003) Daddy Day Care (2003) Hollywood Homicide (2003) Mona Lisa Smile (2003) An Unfinished Life (2005) Little Man (2006) (Uncredited) Knight and Day (2010) Sabotage (2014) The Exorcist III: Legion (2016) The Dreaming Man (2017)

Co-producer

Off Beat (1986) Major League (1989) Nightbreed (1990)

Director

Streets of Gold (1986) Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) Coupe de Ville (1990) America's Sweethearts (2001) Christmas with the Kranks (2004) Freedomland (2006)

Miscellaneous crew Year Film Role Notes 1974 The Conversation Production assistant 1988 Young Guns Presenter Dead Ringers 1990 The Exorcist III

As an actor Year Film Role Notes 1976 Tunnel Vision Player-Announcer 1977 Cracking Up Man

Production manager Year Film Role Notes 1998 Armageddon Executive in charge of production

Thanks Year Film Role 1995 Dead Presidents Special thanks 2002 Punch-Drunk Love Gangs of New York 2009 Bandslam Thanks

Television Producer Year Title Notes 2004 76th Academy Awards Television special

Executive producer Year Title Notes 2007 Demons TV movie 2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza 2010–12 Are We There Yet? 2012–14 Anger Management 2019 This Is Football Documentary 2020 The Plot Against America 2021 Panic

Thanks Year Title Role Notes 1990 American Masters Special thanks Documentary 2020 The Last Dance