Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Jay "Bobby" Roth (born 1950) is a television and film director, screenwriter and producer. Roth began his tertiary education at the University of California, Berkeley studying philosophy and creative writing before earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema at the University of Southern California in 1972. He continued his education at the University of California, Los Angeles enrolling in the Master of Fine Arts program and received his graduate...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Good Men
2024
as Self
After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This voya...

Good Men
2024
Director, Writer, Producer
After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This voya...

Pearl
2021
Director, Writer, Producer
After her mother is murdered by her stepfather, gifted 15 year old student Pearl goes to live with an ex-lover of her mother, a grumpy unemployed film...

Redemption Day
2021
Executive Producer
When his wife is kidnapped by terrorists for ransom, veteran war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operati...

Edge of Fear
2018
Director
After being stabbed in the heart by ruthless home invaders, a man is left for dead. Now weak, outnumbered, and knife sticking from his chest, he attem...

The Killing Game
2011
Director
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by...

Reviving Ophelia
2010
Director
No one listens when a teenager suspects that her cousin is in an abusive relationship.

Berkeley
2005
Producer, Writer, Director
Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative busi...

Brave New Girl
2004
Director
Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbri...

The Elizabeth Smart Story
2003
Director
Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
2003
Director
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the...

Manhood
2003
Producer, Writer, Director
Filled with both laughter and tears, Manhood is a fascinating exploration of the interpersonal relationships that can define - or destroy - a family. ...

Dancing at the Harvest Moon
2002
Director
A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her fi...

Crossed Over
2002
Director
After her son dies in a hit-and-run accident, a woman forms an unusual friendship with a convicted killer awaiting execution.

Jack the Dog
2001
Director, Writer, Producer
Jack is a dog. When he's not photographing women, as a profession, he's seducing them. Until now. Home from Paris, he feels empty and fed up with his ...

A Holiday Romance
1999
Director
A superintendent, trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher whose music program he must cut.

A Secret Affair
1999
Director
Vanessa Stewart is a beautiful American woman engaged to be married. Vanessa is an artist and is also a buyer for her father's company. She goes to Ve...
Her Own Rules
1998
Director
Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or ...

The Devil's Child
1997
Director
A woman's mother makes a last-minute deal with the Devil to save her daughter's life, not realizing that her daughter's life is her stake. The daughte...

The Inheritance
1997
Director
A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a husband for their niece, but when two suitors both fall for ...

Tell Me No Secrets
1997
Director
Jess Koster is a young attorney in Los Angeles, who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.

Amanda
1996
Director
A small boy is hurt by a horse on his father's ranch and he refuses to even be near one ever again. When a storyteller called Seven arrives with his h...

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
1995
Director
This is a true story about the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and their struggle to make it to the top in the music world. It is abou...

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
1995
Director
Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in char...

Nowhere to Hide
1994
Director
Divorcee learns from the FBI that her husband has mafia connections and put a contract on her life. She gets into the witness protection program and f...

Ride with the Wind
1994
Director
Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets K...
Separated by Murder
1994
Teleplay
Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These ...

Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993
Director
The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children ...

The Switch
1993
Director
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk ...

Keeper of the City
1991
Director
A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to ca...
The Man Inside
1990
Director
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He...

Rainbow Drive
1990
Director
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

Dead Solid Perfect
1988
Director, Writer
A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.

Baja Oklahoma
1988
Teleplay, Director
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouchi...

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987
Director
An alien lands on Earth, and decides that he needs to a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can return to his home planet.

Tonight's the Night
1987
Director
The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate i...

Heartbreakers
1984
Director, Writer, Producer
Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli, Blue'...

Brainwash
1983
Director
A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually ...

Flitterwochen
1980
Assistant Director
Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding rece...

The Boss' Son
1978
Director, Writer
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby...

Independence Day
1976
Director, Writer
In this drama that was a UCLA student thesis expanded to feature length, two African-Americans come from Tennessee to Los Angeles. The man will not ma...