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Born | Portland, Oregon,USA | 10 June 1959
Occupation(s) | Film producer, director and screenwriter |
Years active | 1982–present |
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Phillip J. Roth (born June 10, 1959) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for making low-budget films. He is the founder of the Unified Film Organization (UFO) in America and Bulgaria, which have released various action and science fiction films for television and home video markets. [1]
Roth was born in Portland, Oregon, to Phillip J. Roth, a Senior circuit judge from Multnomah County, Oregon, and Ida Lorraine Roth Knudson. [2] He attended high school in Portland, Oregon with musician Jim Goodwin, who has written the original music for several Roth films, including Digital Man and Velocity Trap.
He expressed an interest in cinema from an early age, upon seeing his first film that he wanted to "tell pictures with light" and he later achieved his dream. His first film Bad Trip, was made for television, which led to other hi-concept sci-fi films like A.P.E.X. and Total Reality. During his career he has worked with such stars as Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Judd Nelson, William Shatner, Billy Zane, Billy Baldwin, Michael Ironside, Cloris Leachman, and the late Academy Award-winner Cliff Robertson. [3]
In 1995, Roth formed the Bulgarian United Film Organization (BUFO) in Sofia, Bulgaria with Ken Olandt. BUFO is a production services company for U.S companies including Universal Pictures. [4] He formed the American Unified Film Organization in 1997 with Jeff Beach in Burbank, California. He recognized the growing demand in Science fiction and special effects driven action films. [1]
In 2000, Roth moved from Los Angeles to Sofia, Bulgaria to shoot the film Mindstorm. Since then his companies UFO and BUFO have produced many films. [5] Roth has also opened a new four stage film and television center in Bulgaria. [6]
As of 2017, his net worth is $500,000. [7]
Roth met Leslie Crawford and they dated each other for 2 years from 1987 - 1989, they married in June 1989, soon afterwards they had a daughter called Natasha Mozelle Roth, [2] after a 5 year relationship they divorced in March 1995.
He then met Lizzy Weintraub and they dated each other in 1994, they then married each other in May 1995, they had a son in 1998 called Aaron Henry Roth, after an 8 year relationship they divorced in January 2002.
In 2002, he met Ralitsa Roth and married her a year later, after a 5 year relationship they divorced in January 2008.
Roth met Ekaterina Jeliazkova in 2002. Their first daughter Elayah Roth was born in October 2006. They married on September 1, 2009. Their second daughter, Roxanne Roth was born in October 2011.
One of Roth's hobbies is skiing. He has taken part in races in the FIS Eastern European National Circuit, and he also won a prize at a corporate celebrity charity ski event in Bansko. [8]
Year | Title | Notes |
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1982 | Breach of Contract | Producer & Screenwriter |
1988 | Bad Trip | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
1990 | Fatal Revenge | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
1991 | Prime Target | Producer & Director |
Red Snow | Producer & Director | |
1992 | Prototype | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
1993 | Rule No. 3 | Producer |
1994 | A.P.E.X. | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
1995 | Digital Man | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
1997 | Total Reality | Producer, Director & Screenwriter |
Darkdrive | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
1999 | Storm | Producer & Screenwriter [9] |
Velocity Trap | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
Interceptor Force | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
2000 | Python | Producer |
Escape Under Pressure | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Daybreak | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Deep Core | Producer & Screenwriter | |
2001 | Epoch | Producer & Screenwriter (TV Movie) |
Falcon Down | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
New Alcatraz [10] | Producer & Director, Screenwriter | |
Mindstorm | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
Shark Hunter | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Lost Voyage | ||
2002 | Pythons 2 | |
Interceptor Force 2 | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
Antibody | ||
Descent into Darkness | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Landspeed | ||
Hyper Sonic | Producer, Director & Screenwriter (as Paul Joshua Rubins) | |
Dark Descent | Co-Producer | |
2003 | Maximum Velocity | Producer & Director |
Rapid Exchange | ||
Deep Shock | Producer, Director & Screenwriter (Tv Film) | |
Dragon Fighter | Producer, Director & Screenwriter (Video) | |
Epoch: Evolution | ||
Silent Warnings | ||
Dark Waters | Producer, Director & Screenwriter | |
2004 | Phantom Force | |
Darklight | ||
Dragon Storm | ||
Post Impact | ||
Boa vs. Python | ||
2005 | Locusts: The 8th Plague | |
Path of Destruction | ||
Manticore | ||
2006 | Basilisk: The Serpent King | |
Dragon Dynasty | ||
S.S. Doomtrooper | ||
Magma: Volcanic Disaster | ||
2007 | Reign of the Gargoyles | |
Bats: Human Harvest | ||
Lake Placid 2 | ||
Grendel | ||
2008 | Ghost Voyage | |
Rock Monster | ||
Copperhead | ||
Monster Ark | ||
Boogeyman 3 | ||
2009 | Messengers 2: The Scarecrow | co-producer |
Lightning Strikes | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Annihilation Earth | ||
Star Runners | ||
Thor: Hammer of the Gods | ||
The Grudge 3 | ||
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead | ||
2010 | Triassic Attack | |
Dark Relic | ||
Arctic Predator | ||
Lake Placid 3 | ||
2011 | Cold Fusion | |
Red Faction: Origins | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Super Tanker | ||
Super Eruption | ||
Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks | ||
Rage of the Yeti | ||
2012 | Black Forest | |
True Bloodthirst | ||
Boogeyman | ||
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter | ||
Hijacked | ||
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines | ||
2013 | Jet Stream | Producer & Screenwriter |
Robocroc | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Invasion Roswell | ||
Company of Heroes | ||
Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman | ||
Supercollider | Producer & Screenwriter | |
Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker | ||
2014 | Crystal Skulls | |
Firequake | Producer & Screensriter | |
2015 | Lake Placid vs Anaconda | |
Viking Quest | ||
Roboshark | Producer & Screenwriter | |
The Throwaways | ||
2016 | Jarhead 3: The Siege | |
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | ||
2017 | Valentine's Again | |
Crystal Inferno | Producer & Screenwriter | |
2018 | Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | co-producer |
2019 | Nicole & O.J. | Services producer - Bulgaria currently filming |
Doom: Annihilation | producer |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1991 | Prime Target | Director & Screenwriter (Video) |
Association | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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Fantasporto | 1994 | International Fantasy Film Award | A.P.E.X. | Nominated [11] |
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