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 co-written the films Aladdin (1992), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Shrek (2001) and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003–11).

He was attached to write a feature version of Monkey Island, which failed to materialize. 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.

Filmography (partial listing)

Year	Film	Writer	Producer	Directed by	Notes
1989	Little Monsters	Template:Yes	Template:No	Richard Alan Greenberg
1992	Aladdin	Template:Yes	Template:No	Ron Clements John Musker	Nominated- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1994	The Puppet Masters	Template:Yes	Template:No	Stuart Orme
1998	The Mask of Zorro	Template:Yes	Template:No	Martin Campbell
	Godzilla	Template:Partial	Template:No	Roland Emmerich
	Small Soldiers	Template:Yes	Template:No	Joe Dante
2000	The Road to El Dorado	Template:Yes	Template:No	Don Paul Bibo Bergeron
2001	Shrek	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson	BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 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	Template:Partial	Template:No	Ron Clements John Musker
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Template:Yes	Template:No	Gore Verbinski	Nominated- Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay Nominated- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
2004	National Treasure	Template:Partial	Template:No	Jon Turteltaub
2005	The Legend of Zorro	Template:Partial	Template:No	Martin Campbell
	Instant Karma	Template:No	Template:Yes
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Template:Yes	Template:No	Gore Verbinski
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Template:Yes	Template:No
	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Template:Partial	Template:No	Jon Turteltaub
2009	G-Force	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Hoyt Yeatman
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Rob Marshall
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code – Wedlocked	Template:Yes	Template:No	James Ward Byrkit	Short film; Filmed in 2006
2013	The Lone Ranger	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Gore Verbinski	Nominated- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
2019	Aladdin	Template:No	Template: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

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

External links

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• Wordplayer.com
• The Disney Lawsuit