Arts & Entertainment
Screenwriter Eric Roth Earns Palm Springs Film Festival Honor
Eric Roth, co-writer of "Killers of the Flower Moon," will receive the Creative Impact in Screenwriting Award at the January film festival.
PALM SPRINGS, CA — Eric Roth, who co-wrote "Killers of the Flower Moon," will receive the Creative Impact in Screenwriting Award next month at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in recognition of his entire career, organizers announced Tuesday.
The award will be presented as part of Variety's annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch on Jan. 5 at Parker Palm Springs, according to festival officials.
"For more than half a century, screenwriter Eric Roth has exemplified the rare virtues of seemingly limitless versatility, consistently powerful storytelling skills and a word maestro's fine-tuned creative sensitivity," Variety's executive vice president of content Steven Gaydos said in a statement.
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"Whether it's his Oscar-winning work on a wry, humanistic folk tale like `Forrest Gump' or spinning a gripping thriller like his Oscar-nominated `The Insider,' Roth's oeuvre is the stuff of legends and the legends seek him out, as exhibited by this year's mighty true-life contender, `Killers of the Flower Moon,"' Gaydos continued. "A huge canvas and a major production, telling a vital story about America's appalling treatment of our indigenous peoples required a uniquely skilled voice, so directing legend Martin Scorsese called on Eric Roth to bring `Moon' to the screen."
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held from Jan. 4- 15, 2024.
