Terry Rossio
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| Terry Rossio | |
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| Born | July 2, 1960 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film writer / Film producer |
Terry Rossio (born July 2, 1960) is an American screenwriter.
Rossio was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating from Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California, he went on to study at California State University, Fullerton where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with an emphasis in radio, television and film. He is the founder of Wordplay a.k.a. Wordplayer.com, one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet.
Along with his writing partner Ted Elliott, Rossio has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years, including Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Shrek.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2001 - Nominated for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Shrek
- 2002 - Nominated for Nebula Award nomination for Best Script for Shrek
- 2003 - Nominated for Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- 2004 - Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
[edit] Filmography (partial listing)
- 1989 Little Monsters (screenwriter)
- 1992 Aladdin (screenwriter)
- 1994 The Puppet Masters (screenwriter)
- 1998 The Mask of Zorro (screenwriter)
- 1998 Antz (consultant/advisor)
- 1998 Godzilla (original screenplay, story by)
- 1998 Small Soldiers (screenwriter)
- 2000 The Road to El Dorado (screenwriter)
- 2001 Shrek (co-producer/screenwriter)
- 2002 Treasure Planet (story by)
- 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (screenwriter)
- 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (consultant/advisor)
- 2004 National Treasure (screenwriter) (uncredited)
- 2005 Instant Karma (producer)
- 2005 The Legend of Zorro (story by)
- 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (screenwriter)
- 2006 Déjà Vu (screenwriter)
- 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (screenwriter)
- 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (story by)
- 2009 G-Force (associate producer/writer uncredited)
- 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (screenwriter/associate producer)
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