Ted Elliott

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 Craig Mazin Elliott runs The Artful Writer a website aimed at professional screenwriters He is also a cofounder with Terry Rossio of Wordplay aka Wordplayercom one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet In 2005 Elliott ran for president of the Writers Guild of America west but lost to animation writer and historical figurine maker Patric Verrone Verrone received 1301 votes Elliott received 591