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The Splat Pack is a collection of independent filmmakers who , since ___MASK29___ , have directed , written and produced numerous R - rated horror films , notable for their low budgets and extreme ultra - violence . Eli Raphael Roth ( born April 18 , ___MASK79___ ) is an American film director , producer , writer and actor . As a director and producer , he is most closely associated with the horror genre , first coming to prominence by directing the 2005 film " Hostel " and its 2007 sequel , "". As an actor , his most prominent role was as Donny " The Bear Jew " Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino ' s war film " Inglourious Basterds " for which he won both a SAG Award ( Best Ensemble ) and a BFCA Critic ' s Choice Award ( Best Acting Ensemble ). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films . In ___MASK36___ , Roth received the Visionary Award for his contributions to horror , at the Stanley Film Festival . His most recent directorial effort was the ___MASK48___ erotic thriller " Knock Knock ". His next project is the vigilante action film " Death Wish ", a remake of the 1974 original . Chowdaheads is an animated television series created by Noah Belson and Eli Roth . The show was originally scheduled to air during WCW wrestling events but it never actually aired . Roth , the co - creator of the series went on to a successful career in film directing with such films as Cabin Fever / , Hostel and Hostel 2 . Quentin Jerome Tarantino ( born March 27 , ___MASK2___ ) is an American filmmaker and actor . His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines , satirical subject matter , an aestheticization of violence , extended scenes of dialogue , ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser - known performers , references to popular culture , soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s , and features of neo - noir film . Inglourious Basterds is a ___MASK8___ American - German war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Brad Pitt , Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent . The film tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany ' s political leadership , one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus ( Laurent ), a young French Jewish cinema proprietor , and the other by a team of Jewish - American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine . Christoph Waltz co - stars as Hans Landa , an SS colonel tracking down Raine ' s group and who has a connection to Shosanna ' s past . The film ' s title was inspired by Italian director Enzo G . Castellari ' s macaroni combat film , " The Inglorious Bastards " ( 1978 ).