Ted Elliott

Ted Elliott is an American screenwriter and labor leader. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past decade, including Aladdin (1992 film), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Shrek. In 2004, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America. Along with fellow 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.

In 2005, Elliott ran for president of the Writers Guild of America, but lost to animation writer Patrick Verrone.

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