- Richard Roth is a movie producer and writer based in New York City. His film credits include The Way We Were (1973), Julia (1977), Manhunter (1986), Blue Velvet (1986), In Country (1989), and Havana (1990). In the 1990's, he attempted to mount a production of To the White Sea, based on a novel by James Dickey, that was intended to be directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and star Brad Pitt, but the film did not get made. He also wrote a "love story" screenplay in collaboration with Bret Easton Ellis, and developed "Two Lives," written by Alvin Sargent.
- IMDb mini biography by: Richard Roth
- Sometimes confused with Richard A. Roth. Both men produced Oscar-nominated films in the 1970's.
- Worked to try to produce an adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's novel "Love in the Time of Cholera," which was later made into Love in the Time of Cholera (2007).
- [on engaging Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave for Lillian Hellman's 'Julia'] Why not? It was perfect symmetry. The two most famous left-wing women of the '70s playing two left-wing women of the '30s. I liked it. Of course, the fact that Jane and Vanessa were both terrific actresses didn't hurt either. Not to mention they both agreed to work cheap.
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