---
name: "John Roach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-roach"
fi1m_id: "john-roach"
imdb_id: "nm0730034"
tmdb_id: 5603
wikidata_id: "Q6230886"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:25:15.134167+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Roach

## Identity

John Roach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-roach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-roach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0730034
- **TMDB ID:** 5603
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6230886
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6230886, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5603

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** جون روتش
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6230886, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5603

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Straight Story*](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Roach is an American screenwriter, television producer and director. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film *The Straight Story* with Mary Sweeney; the pair, childhood friends, based the script on the true story of Alvin Straight and retraced his route during writing.

Roach is president of JRP, a video and film production company in Madison, Wisconsin. Before founding the company in 1985 he worked as a producer for CBS and ABC in Chicago. His television credits include award-winning documentaries and series such as *The Sports Writers on TV*.

Roach wrote, directed and produced the forthcoming film *A Road at Night* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, chicagoreader.com, roachprojects.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Straight Story* (1999), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Straight Story* (1999), Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-straight-story.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-roach