Ted Elliott (screenwriter)

Ted Elliott (born July 4, 1961) is an American screenwriter and film producer. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 30 years, including Aladdin (1992), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Shrek (2001) and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003-11).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Ted Elliott
Born	(1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 63) Santa Ana, California, United States
Occupation	Screenwriter / Film producer
Years active	1989–present

He was attached to write a feature version of Monkey Island, which never happened.^[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
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

References

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

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