Joe Roth

Birth Name:

Joseph Emanuel Roth

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Production manager, Director, Actor

Best known for producing and directing several films
Recognized as the driving force behind "Home Alone" and "The Sixth Sense․"
His father, Lawrence Roth, worked as a foreman at a plastics plant
Married Donna Roth, the daughter of movie mogul Samuel Z․ Arkoff
Quote: "As a producer, besides the idea, casting is the most fun․"
Quote: "I want to be a simple company that doesn't compete with the studios so that we can do whatever we want․"
Founded Revolution Studios in 2000
Served as chairman of 20th Century Fox, Caravan Pictures and Walt Disney Studios throughout the 1990s
Majority owner of the Seattle Sounders FC professional soccer franchise
Named his production company, "Revolution," after the Beatles song of the same name

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