Ted Elliott (screenwriter)

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Ted Elliott
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Born (1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 63)
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • 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)

Year Film Writer Producer Directed by Notes
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

Year Film Role
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

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