Scott Ellis

For the English cricketer, see Scott Ellis (cricketer).

Scott Ellis
Born	19 April 1957 (1957-04-19) Washington, DC, USA
Occupation	Director

Scott Ellis (19 April 1957, Washington, DC) is an American stage director and television director.

Biography

Ellis has directed numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, including the New York City Opera Company revivals at the New York State Theatre: A Little Night Music (1990) and 110 in the Shade (1992) up to his current show, the musical Curtains. He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director five times: in 1994 for a revival of She Loves Me, in 1997 for Steel Pier, in 1998 for a revival of 1776, "curtains" and in 2004 for a revival of Twelve Angry Men.

He received the 1991 Drama Desk Award- Outstanding Director of a Musical- for And The World Goes 'Round.

Ellis is the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre.

In 2007, he received an Emmy nomination for directing the episode "The Break Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock.

Ellis is set to direct upcoming musical adaptations of the 1930s films The Blue Angel and Little Miss Marker, and both will have a book by David Thompson.

Work

Stage

• Curtains (2007)
• The Little Dog Laughed (2006)
• Twelve Angry Men (2004)
• The Boys from Syracuse (2002)
• The Man Who Had All the Luck (2002)
• The Rainmaker (1999)
• 1776 (1997)
• Steel Pier (1997)
• A Month in the Country starring Helen Mirren
• She Loves Me (1993)
• And The World Goes 'Round (1991)

Television

• 30 Rock (2006)
• Hope & Faith (2005–2006)
• Out of Practice (2005)
• Stacked (2005)
• Frasier (2000–2004)
• Desperate Housewives (2008)
• Weeds (2009)
• Hung (2009)
• The Good Wife episode "Home" (2009)
• Modern Family (2009)

References

• "Scott Ellis Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Scott-Ellis.html. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
• Ernio Hernandez (26 January 2006). "Brief Encounter with Scott Ellis". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/97574.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 

External links

• Scott Ellis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Scott Ellis at the Internet Movie Database