THE PROFESSIONAL SCREENWRITER'S INSIDER REPORT

FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH

OSCAR WINNER ERIC ROTH

ERIC ROTH wrote screenplays for "Mr. Jones", "Suspect" and "Memories of Me". For television he wrote the CBS telefilm "Jane's House" starring James Woods and Anne Archer and directed by Glenn Jordan. A student of Columbia University's Graduate film school, Roth began his career writing documentaries and won the Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting Award at UCLA in 1970. Eric Roth adapted Robert James Waller's best-selling novel " Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend" for the screen and is currently working on an original screenplay with Francis Coppola. He won the Oscar for his screenplay of "Forrest Gump".