Bobby Roth

Bobby Roth

1950-01-01 Los Angeles, California, USA 41 Credits

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...

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Good Men

Good Men

2024

as Self

Acting

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

Good Men

2024

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

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

Pearl

2021

Director, Writer, Producer

5.5
Directing Writing Producing

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

Redemption Day

2021

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

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

Edge of Fear

2018

Director

4.8
Directing

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

The Killing Game

2011

Director

6.1
Directing

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

Reviving Ophelia

2010

Director

6.8
Directing

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

Berkeley

Berkeley

2005

Producer, Writer, Director

5.4
Producing Writing Directing

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

Brave New Girl

2004

Director

7.2
Directing

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

The Elizabeth Smart Story

2003

Director

7.2
Directing

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

A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster

2003

Director

4.6
Directing

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

Manhood

2003

Producer, Writer, Director

3.6
Producing Writing Directing

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

Dancing at the Harvest Moon

2002

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Crossed Over

2002

Director

4.7
Directing

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

Jack the Dog

2001

Director, Writer, Producer

3.5
Directing Writing Producing

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

A Holiday Romance

1999

Director

3.2
Directing

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

A Secret Affair

1999

Director

4.8
Directing

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

5.0
Directing

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

The Devil's Child

1997

Director

4.5
Directing

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

The Inheritance

1997

Director

5.7
Directing

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

Tell Me No Secrets

1997

Director

4.5
Directing

Jess Koster is a young attorney in Los Angeles, who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.

Amanda

Amanda

1996

Director

3.5
Directing

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

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

1995

Director

6.7
Directing

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

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

1995

Director

4.3
Directing

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

Nowhere to Hide

1994

Director

5.0
Directing

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

Ride with the Wind

1994

Director

Directing

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

4.0

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

Judgment Day: The John List Story

1993

Director

4.5
Directing

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

The Switch

1993

Director

10.0
Directing

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

Keeper of the City

1991

Director

5.5
Directing

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

2.0
Directing

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

Rainbow Drive

1990

Director

4.6
Directing

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

Dead Solid Perfect

Dead Solid Perfect

1988

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.

Baja Oklahoma

Baja Oklahoma

1988

Teleplay, Director

6.3
Directing

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

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1987

Director

5.3
Directing

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

Tonight's the Night

1987

Director

1.0
Directing

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

Heartbreakers

1984

Director, Writer, Producer

5.0
Directing Writing Producing

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

Brainwash

1983

Director

5.7
Directing

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

Flitterwochen

1980

Assistant Director

6.0
Directing

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

The Boss' Son

1978

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

Independence Day

1976

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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...