Ted Elliott (screenwriter)

American screenwriter and film producer

Ted Elliott

Born|  (1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 64)

Santa Ana, California, U.S.

Occupations|

* Screenwriter
* film producer

Years active| 1989–present

Ted Elliott (born July 4, 1961) is an American screenwriter and film producer. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has co-written the films Aladdin (1992), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Shrek (2001) and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003–11).[1][2][3][4][5]

He was attached to write a feature version of Monkey Island, which failed to materialize.[6] In 2004, he was elected to the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America; his term on the board ended in 2006. In 2005, Elliott ran for president of the Writers Guild of America West, but lost to animation writer and historical figurine maker Patric Verrone. Verrone received 1301 votes; Elliott received 591.[7]

## Filmography (partial listing)

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Year  | Film  | Writer  | Producer  | Directed by  | Notes

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1989  | Little Monsters | Yes  | No  | Richard Alan Greenberg  |
1992  | Aladdin | Yes  | No  | Ron Clements
John Musker | Nominated- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1994  | The Puppet Masters | Yes  | No  | Stuart Orme  |
1998  | The Mask of Zorro | Yes  | No  | Martin Campbell |
Godzilla | Story  | No  | Roland Emmerich |
Small Soldiers | Yes  | No  | Joe Dante |
2000  | The Road to El Dorado | Yes  | No  | Don Paul
Bibo Bergeron |
2001  | Shrek | Yes  | Co-Producer  | Andrew Adamson
Vicky Jenson | BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[8]
Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production
Nominated- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated- Nebula Award nomination for Best Script
2002  | Treasure Planet | Story  | No  | Ron Clements
John Musker  |
2003  | Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl | Yes  | No  | Gore Verbinski | Nominated- Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
2004  | National Treasure | uncredited  | No  | Jon Turteltaub |
2005  | The Legend of Zorro | Story  | No  | Martin Campbell  |
Instant Karma | No  | Yes  |  |
2006  | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Yes  | No  | Gore Verbinski  |
2007  | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Yes  | No  |
National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Story  | No  | Jon Turteltaub  |
2009  | G-Force | uncredited  | Associate  | Hoyt Yeatman |
2011  | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Yes  | Executive  | Rob Marshall |
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Tales of the Code – Wedlocked | Yes  | No  | James Ward Byrkit | Short film; Filmed in 2006
2013  | The Lone Ranger | Yes  | Executive  | Gore Verbinski  | Nominated- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
2019  | Aladdin | No  | No  | Guy Ritchie | "Based on" credit (with Ron Clements, John Musker and Terry Rossio)

### Other credits

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Year  | Film  | Role

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1998  | Antz | Consultant/advisor
2003  | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2004  | Shrek 2 | Creative consultant
2015  | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Episode #89 – Captain Frost
Co-wrote storyboards with Terry Rossio

## References

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1. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
2. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
3. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
4. ^ Sylt, Christian (July 22, 2014). "Fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean Is Most Expensive Movie Ever With Costs Of $410 Million". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014. "Production costs: $410.6 million; rebate: $32.1 million"
5. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
6. ^ Staff (September 2009). "Tails from Monkey Island". Retro Gamer (70). Imagine Publishing: 28–35.
7. ^ "Verrone wins WGA West election". 18 September 2007.
8. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.

* Ted Elliott Filmography and Biography, provided by Wordplayer.com

## External links

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* Ted Elliott at IMDb
* Wordplayer.com
* The Disney Lawsuit

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Screenplays by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio

* Little Monsters (1989)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Puppet Masters (1994)
* Godzilla (1998; story)
* Small Soldiers (1998)
* The Mask of Zorro (1998)
* The Road to El Dorado (2000)
* Shrek (2001)
* Treasure Planet (2002; story)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
* The Legend of Zorro (2005; story)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* Déjà Vu (2006; Rossio only)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
* National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007; story)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
* Lovestruck: The Musical (2013; Rossio only)
* The Lone Ranger (2013)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017; story; Rossio only)
* Godzilla vs. Kong (2021; story; Rossio only)
* The Amazing Maurice (2022; Rossio only)
* Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024; Rossio only)
* Time Zone (TBA; Rossio only)

Awards for Ted Elliott

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Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production

* Brenda Chapman (1994)
* Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (1996)
* Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998)
* Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies (1999)
* John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000)
* Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman (2001)
* Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
* Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds (2003)
* Brad Bird (2004)
* Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton (2005)
* Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies (2006)
* Brad Bird (2007)
* Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Chris Sanders, Will Davies and Dean DeBlois (2010)
* James Ward Byrkit, John Logan and Gore Verbinski (2011)
* Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee (2012)
* Hayao Miyazaki (2013)
* Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014)
* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (2015)
* Jared Bush and Phil Johnston (2016)
* Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich (2017)
* Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman (2018)
* Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant (2019)
* Pete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers (2020)
* Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe (2021)
* Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley and Elisabeth Holm (2022)
* Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor (2023)
* Matīss Kaža and Gints Zilbalodis (2024)

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BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

1983–2000|

* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
* Bruce Robinson (1984)
* Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985)
* Kurt Luedtke (1986)
* Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987)
* Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988)
* Christopher Hampton (1989)
* Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais (1991)
* Michael Tolkin (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Paul Attanasio (1994)
* John Hodge (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997)
* Elaine May (1998)
* Neil Jordan (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan (2000)

2001–present|

* Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (2006)
* Ronald Harwood (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (2013)
* Anthony McCarten (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Luke Davies (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott (2018)
* Taika Waititi (2019)
* Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
* Sian Heder (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)
* Peter Straughan (2024)

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