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Mar 28, 2009 · Mar 28, 2009. Imagine you’re screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. And this little ol’ outfit known as Disney asks you to create a movie from a theme park ride: “Pirates of the Caribbean.”. As we look back at the enormous success of the Pirates trilogy, it might be tempting to think, “Well, it couldn’t have been all that hard.”.
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).
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Ted Elliott. Writer: Shrek. 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).
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Theodore "Ted" Elliott is an American screenwriter, producer, and storyboard artist. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years, including Aladdin, Shrek, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He also wrote the 1994 Hollywood Pictures sci-fi Puppet Masters. In 2004, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America; his term on the board ended in 2006.
Along with fellow former board member Craig Mazin, Elliott runs The Artful Writer, a website aimed at professional screenwriters. He is also a co-founder with Terry Rossio of Wordplay a.k.a. Wordplayer.com, one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet.
•1992 - Aladdin (screenwriter)
•2002 - Treasure Planet (story)
•2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (screenwriter)
•2004 - National Treasure (screenwriter uncredited)
•2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (screenwriter)
•2007
Feb 27, 2010 · Imagine you’re screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. And this little ol’ outfit known as Disney asks you to create a movie from a theme park ride: “Pirates of the Caribbean.”. As we look back at the enormous success of the Pirates trilogy, it might be tempting to think, “Well, it couldn’t have been all that hard.”.
Jul 8, 2006 · Box Office Mojo: When did you first ride the Disneyland attraction? Ted Elliott: I was seven or eight years old. We grew up in Orange County [California], so Disneyland was always about 15 minutes ...
Ted Elliott (born 1961) is an American screenwriter. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years, including Aladdin, Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2004, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America; his term on the board ended in 2006. Along with fellow former board member ...
