American director
Scott Ellis
Born (1957-04-19 ) April 19, 1957 (age 66) Education Art Institute of Chicago (BFA) Occupation(s) Director, executive producer, actor Years active 1980–present
Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American
.
Life and career
Ellis graduated from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University ) in Chicago .[1] He also graduated from James W. Robinson Secondary School , in Fairfax, Virginia , in 1975. He studied acting at HB Studio [2] in New York City. Ellis has a twin brother named Mark Ellis , who is the Executive Director of the International Bar Association .
Before he became a director, Ellis was a successful stage actor; he performed on Broadway in the original casts of the 1980 original musical Musical Chairs and The Rink with Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera .[3] [4]
He has directed numerous
(1992).
Ellis has been the Associate Artistic Director for the
Roundabout Theatre since 1998.
[5]
He has been nominated for the
Olivier Award as Best Director, Musical, for
She Loves Me .
[6]
He was 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 .The Break Up" of the comedy series
30 Rock .
In 2010,
Credits
Stage
Television
References
Notes
^ a b "Scot Ellis" pbs.org, accessed June 7, 2013
^ HB Studio Alumni
^ Ellis Nassour. "Scott Ellis Is an Actor's Director" . Playbill date: November 19, 2008 accessed: March 8, 2016
^ Scott Ellis at the Internet Broadway Database
^ "Scott Ellis Takes a New Roundabout Post" The New York Times (webcache), September 4, 1998
^ "Olivier Awards, 1995" olivierawards.com, retrieved October 24, 2017
^ Robert Simonson . "Scottsboro Librettist David Thompson Working on New Musicals With Stew, Scott Ellis" . Playbill , date: April 1, 2010 accessed: March 8, 2016
The Good Wife
. Season 1. Episode 3. CBS.
Bibliography
External links
Awards for Scott Ellis
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 (1989/1990)
Richard Jones (1991, musical)
David Thacker (1991, play)
Simon Callow (1992, musical)
Deborah Warner (1992, play)
Nicholas Hytner (1993, musical)
Stephen Daldry (1993, play)
Declan Donnellan (1994, musical)
Stephen Daldry (1994, play)
Scott Ellis (1995, musical)
Declan Donnellan (1995, play)
Trevor Nunn (1995)
Sam Mendes (1996)
Des McAnuff (1997)
Richard Eyre (1998)
Howard Davies (1999)
Trevor Nunn (2000)
Howard Davies (2001)
Michael Boyd (2002)
Sam Mendes (2003)
Michael Grandage (2004)
Nicholas Hytner (2005)
Richard Eyre (2006)
Dominic Cooke (2007)
Rupert Goold (2008)
John Tiffany (2009)
Rupert Goold (2010)
Howard Davies (2011)
Matthew Warchus (2012)
Marianne Elliott (2013)
Lyndsey Turner (2014)
Ivo van Hove (2015)
Robert Icke (2016)
John Tiffany (2017)
Sam Mendes (2018)
Stephen Daldry (2019)
Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott (2020)
No Ceremony (2021)
Rebecca Frecknall (2022)
Phelim McDermott (2023)
Jamie Lloyd (2024)