Terry Rossio
  • Birthplace

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

  • Birthday
    July 2, 1960

    Deathday
    N/A

Terry Rossio

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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.

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Terry Rossio awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2002 BAFTA Awards Winner BAFTA Film Award Best Screenplay - Adapted (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2001 Annie Awards Winner Annie Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2006 Scream Awards Nominee Scream Award Best Scream-Play (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2004 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Gore Verbinski, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 Bram Stoker Awards Nominee Bram Stoker Award Screenplay (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nominee Nebula Award Best Script (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2002 Academy Awards, USA Nominee Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2002 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Writing (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2002 American Screenwriters Association, USA Nominee Discover Screenwriting Award (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2002 Christopher Awards Nominee Christopher Award Film (Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins, David Lipman) Shrek
2002 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, Edmund Fong, Ken Harsha, Cody Cameron, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins) Shrek
2001 Awards Circuit Community Awards Nominee ACCA Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
2001 Golden Schmoes Awards Nominee Golden Schmoes Best Screenplay of the Year (Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman) Shrek
1993 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Ed Gombert, Burny Mattinson, Roger Allers, Daan Jippes, Kevin Harkey, Sue C. Nichols, Francis Glebas, Darrell Rooney, Larry Leker, James Fujii, Kirk Hanson, Kevin Lima, Rebecca Rees, David S. Smith, Chris Sanders, Brian Pimental) Aladdin
1992 Awards Circuit Community Awards Nominee ACCA Best Original Screenplay (John Musker, Ron Clements, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio) Aladdin
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