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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), Shrek (2001) and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003-11).
YearFilmWriterProducer1989YesNo1992YesNo1994YesNo1998YesNoTed Elliott is an American screenwriter and producer who has worked on films such as Shrek, The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean. He was born on July 4, 1961 in Santa Ana, California and has collaborated with Terry Rossio on many projects.
- January 1, 1
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- Santa Ana, California, USA
Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio knew that with an ensemble cast, they weren't free to invent totally different situations and characters, as with the Indiana Jones and James Bond series, and so had to retroactively turn The Curse of the Black Pearl into the first of a trilogy.
Ted Elliott was born on 4 July 1961 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Shrek (2001), The Lone Ranger (2013) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
- July 4, 1961
Ted Elliott (born 1961) is a prolific and successful writer of animated and fantasy films, such as Aladdin, Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean. He is also a board member of the Writers Guild of America and a co-founder of Wordplay, a screenwriting website.
Theodore "Ted" Elliott (born July 4, 1961) is an American screenwriter. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful films, including Aladdin, Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Learn how the Oscar-nominated screenwriters pitched their idea of a supernatural pirate movie to Disney and created the first installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Read their interview about their collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski.
