Terry Rossio is a
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
from
Kalamazoo, MichiganKalamazoo is the largest city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,145...
. After graduating from
Saddleback High SchoolSaddleback High School is a four year secondary school located in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District . The school mascot is the roadrunner. The school principal is Dr. Robert Laxton, who has served in that capacity since 2007...
in
Santa Ana, CaliforniaSanta Ana is the county seat and most populous city in Orange County, California, and the 53rd-most populous city in the United States with a 2007 estimated population of 339,555...
, he went on to study at
California State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the second largest California State University campus...
where he received his
Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
in Communications, with an emphasis in radio, television and film. He is the founder of
WordplayCreated in 1997 by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Wordplay was one of the first websites run by professional film writers with the goal of sharing the techniques of their craft. At the time, Elliott and Rossio had only four produced film credits, of which only Disney's Aladdin was a...
a.k.a.
Wordplayer.com, one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet.
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Terry Rossio is a
screenwriterScreenwriters or scenarists or scriptwriters are people in a film crew who write/create the screenplays from which films and television programs are made....
from
Kalamazoo, MichiganKalamazoo is the largest city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,145...
. After graduating from
Saddleback High SchoolSaddleback High School is a four year secondary school located in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District . The school mascot is the roadrunner. The school principal is Dr. Robert Laxton, who has served in that capacity since 2007...
in
Santa Ana, CaliforniaSanta Ana is the county seat and most populous city in Orange County, California, and the 53rd-most populous city in the United States with a 2007 estimated population of 339,555...
, he went on to study at
California State University, FullertonCalifornia State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is currently the second largest California State University campus...
where he received his
Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
in Communications, with an emphasis in radio, television and film. He is the founder of
WordplayCreated in 1997 by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Wordplay was one of the first websites run by professional film writers with the goal of sharing the techniques of their craft. At the time, Elliott and Rossio had only four produced film credits, of which only Disney's Aladdin was a...
a.k.a.
Wordplayer.com, one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet.
Along with his writing partner
Ted ElliottTed Elliott 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...
, Rossio has written some of the most successful American films of the past 15 years, including
AladdinAladdin is a American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, and is based on the Arab folktale of Aladdin...
,
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure film, based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks...
and
ShrekShrek is a computer-animated American comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!, the film was produced by DreamWorks Animation...
.
Awards and nominations
- 2001 - Nominated for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Shrek
- 2002 - Nominated for Nebula Award nomination for Best Script
Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Script. The stated year is that of release; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below. In 1974, 1975, and 1977 the award was for "Best Dramatic Presentation"...
for Shrek
- 2003 - Nominated for Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay
Nominees are listed below the winner for each year.* 1998: Gods and Monsters, by Bill Condon * 1998: Dark City, by Alex Proyas ** Fallen, by Nicholas Kazan** "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" , by Darin Morgan...
for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- 2004 - Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and given in various categories.Winners for the...
for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Filmography (partial listing)
- 1989 Little Monsters
Little Monsters is a 1989 comedy-drama film starring Fred Savage as Brian Stevenson, a sixth-grader who has recently moved to a new town, and Howie Mandel as Maurice, the monster under the bed....
(screenwriter)
- 1992 Aladdin (screenwriter)
- 1994 The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters is a 1994 science fiction film, adapted by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and David S. Goyer from Robert A. Heinlein’s novel of the same title, in which a trio of American government agents attempts to thwart a covert invasion of Earth by mind-controlling alien parasites...
(screenwriter)
- 1998 The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 swashbuckler film directed by Martin Campbell, and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stuart Wilson. In over 80 years since the creation of the Spanish masked swordsman, Banderas was the first Spanish actor to ever portray Zorro, who is...
(screenwriter)
- 1998 Antz
Ants is a CGI film produced by DreamWorks. It is the first animated film, as well as the first CGI-animated film, by DreamWorks Animation and the second American computer-animated film after Toy Story...
(consultant/advisor)
- 1998 Godzilla
Godzilla is a 1998 American science fiction film. It is a Hollywood remake of the Japanese film of the same name. It was co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich, director of Independence Day. The film did not meet its anticipated success and was largely panned by critics and fans of the original...
(original screenplay)
- 1998 Small Soldiers
Small Whore Soldiers is a 1998 action/science fiction film featuring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst and a voice cast of Tommy Lee Jones and Frank Langella. The film was directed by Joe Dante.-Plot summary:...
(screenwriter)
- 2000 The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 animated comedy film by DreamWorks SKG. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, music team from The Lion King....
(screenwriter)
- 2001 Shrek
Shrek is a computer-animated American comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!, the film was produced by DreamWorks Animation...
(co-producer/screenwriter)
- 2002 Treasure Planet
Treasure Planet is an animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002...
(story by)
- 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure film, based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks...
(screenwriter)
- 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 animated film produced by DreamWorks SKG with voices of characters from Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Joseph Fiennes. It uses traditional 2D animation with some 3D. The film received mixed reviews...
(consultant/advisor)
- 2004 National Treasure
National Treasure is a adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub...
(screenwriter) (uncredited)
- 2005 Instant Karma (producer)
- 2005 The Legend of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro, both directed by Martin Campbell. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles as the titular hero and his spouse, and Rufus Sewell stars as the villain...
(story by)
- 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a adventure film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the sequel to the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and the first film from Walt Disney Pictures to feature the current logo...
(screenwriter)
- 2006 Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu is a crime thriller with elements of science fiction. The film was directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and co-written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio. The film stars Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, and Paula Patton as the main characters, but also includes actors Val...
(screenwriter)
- 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (screenwriter)
- 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (story by)
- 2009 G-Force
G-Force is a spy-fi comedy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. Written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, the film is the directorial debut of Hoyt Yeatman, whose earlier work includes in the area of visual effects...
(associate producer/writer uncredited)
- 2010 The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker.The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his...
(currently developing script)
- 2011 National Treasure: Page 47 (currently developing script)
- 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (currently developing script)
External links
- Wordplayer.com
- Building the Bomb, Rossio's account of his experience writing the screenplay for The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters is a 1994 science fiction film, adapted by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and David S. Goyer from Robert A. Heinlein’s novel of the same title, in which a trio of American government agents attempts to thwart a covert invasion of Earth by mind-controlling alien parasites...