Scott Ellis

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

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

Biography

Ellis graduated from the Chicago Goodman School of Drama.^[1]

He has directed numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, as well as the New York City Opera Company revivals at the New York State Theater: A Little Night Music (1990) and 110 in the Shade (1992).

Ellis has been the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre since 1998.^[2]

He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director six times: the revival of She Loves Me (1994), Steel Pier (1997), the revival of 1776 (1998), Twelve Angry Men (2005), Curtains (2007) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013). He received the 1991 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical, for And The World Goes Round.

He is the Executive Producer for the television drama Weeds on Showtime, and has directed television episodes of Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, Hung, 30 Rock, Desperate Housewives, The Closer and Frasier.^[1] He received an Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for directing the episode "The Break Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock.

Ellis is expected 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.^[3]

Work

Stage

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)
Harvey (2012)
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)
Present Laughter (1998)
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)^[4]
Modern Family (2009)

References

"Scott Ellis Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
Ernio Hernandez (26 January 2006). "Brief Encounter with Scott Ellis". Playbill. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
Ellis Bio American Theatre Wing

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scot Ellis" pbs.org, accessed June 7, 2013
↑ "Scott Ellis Takes a New Roundabout Post" The New York Times (webcache), September 4, 1998
↑ Robert Simonson. "Scottsboro Librettist David Thompson Working on New Musicals With Stew, Scott Ellis". Playbill, April 1, 2010
↑ Scott Ellis (2009-10-6). "Home". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 3. CBS.

External links

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

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director (1976–2000)

Jonathan Miller (1976) Clifford Williams (1977) Terry Hands (1978) Michael Bogdanov (1979) Trevor Nunn / John Caird (1980) Peter Wood (1981) Richard Eyre (1982) Terry Hands (1983) Christopher Morahan (1984) Bill Bryden (1985) Bill Alexander (1986) Declan Donnellan (1987) Deborah Warner (1988) Michael Bogdanov (1989) Michael Bogdanov (1990) Richard Jones (m)/David Thacker (p) (1991) Simon Callow (m)/Deborah Warner (p) (1992) Nicholas Hytner (m)/Stephen Daldry (p) (1993) Declan Donnellan (m)/Stephen Daldry (p) (1994) Scott Ellis (m)/Declan Donnellan (p) (1995) Trevor Nunn (1995) Sam Mendes (1996) Des McAnuff (1997) Richard Eyre (1998) Howard Davies (1999) Trevor Nunn (2000)

Complete list (play, 1991–1995) (musical, 1991–1995) (1976–2000) (2001–2025) Separate awards for play and musical between 1991 and 1995 depicted by (p) and (m)

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (1975–2000)

Arthur Laurents (1975) Michael Bennett (1976) Martin Charnin (1977) Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune (1978) Harold Prince (1979) Harold Prince (1980) Wilford Leach (1981) Tommy Tune (1982) George Abbott (1983) James Lapine (1984) Wilford Leach (1986) Mike Ockrent (1987) Harold Prince (1988) Tommy Tune (1990) Scott Ellis (1991) Jerry Zaks (1992) Des McAnuff (1993) Nicholas Hytner (1994) Harold Prince (1995) Christopher Renshaw (1996) Walter Bobbie (1997) Julie Taymor (1998) Matthew Bourne (1999) Michael Blakemore (2000)

Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025)

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Persondata
Name	Ellis, Scott
Alternative names
Short description	American director
Date of birth	19 April 1957
Place of birth	Washington, DC, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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