Ted Elliott
Birth Name:
Ted Elliott
Birth Place:
Santa Ana, California, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Script department, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- He and other writers won an award for best adapted screenplay at the 2002 BAFTA Film Awards for "Shrek․"
- He, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S․H․ Schulman won Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production at the 2001 Annie Awards for "Shrek․"
- Served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America from 2004 to 2006
- Early in his career, he spell-checked movie reviews for Roger Ebert's News America Syndicate
- Quote: "A lot of times in this industry, the layers or the complexity that is possible in film storytelling abandoned or watered down․"
- Quote: "When you're writing a script, you're developing a theory of a movie․ When you're shooting a movie, it's more developed theory but it's still just a theory․"
- Teamed up with Terry Rossio to write a number of successful screenplays including those for "Aladdin," "Shrek" and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series
- Stated that Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy of existentialism is explored in all three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies
- Was interviewed by Bill Warren for an article in "Starlog" called "Pulling the Strings․"
- Co-founded a website about screenwriting with Terry Rossio called Wordplayer․com
Awards
- 1992ACCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 1993Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
- 2001Annie - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production:Winner
- 2001ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
- 2002Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Nominated
- 2002Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 2002Discover Screenwriting AwardNominated
- 2002BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Winner
- 2002Christopher Award - Film:Nominated
- 2002Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
- 2003Bram Stoker Award - Screenplay:Nominated
- 2003Nebula Award - Best Script:Nominated
- 2004Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
- 2006Scream Award - Best Scream-Play:Nominated
- 2014Razzie Award - Worst Screenplay:Nominated
- 2014Spur Award - Best Western Drama Script (Fiction):Winner