
Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (Screenwriters)
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Academy Award-nominated writers TED ELLIOTT and TERRY ROSSIO return to “Pirates” for the third time, following their esteemed work on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.” Elliott and Rossio also wrote the DreamWorks animated feature “Shrek,” winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2002.
In 1992, the pair co-wrote the highest grossing film of the year, the Disney animated feature “Aladdin,” starring Robin Williams. Their live-action feature film credits include: “Little Monsters,” starring Fred Savage; “Small Soldiers,” starring Kirsten Dunst; “Godzilla,” starring Matthew Broderick; and “The Mask of Zorro,” starring Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.
In 1996, Elliott and Rossio became the first writers signed to an overall writing and producing deal at DreamWorks SKG. Their animated projects at DreamWorks include “Shrek,” with Mike Meyers and Eddie Murphy; “The Road to El Dorado,” featuring Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh; “Antz” (creative consultants), featuring Woody Allen; and “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas” (creative consultants), featuring Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and "Shrek II" (creative consultants), the highest grossing animated picture of all time.
Elliott and Rossio have been members of the Writers Guild of America, West since 1986.
4 Other Cast and Crew
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