Photo: Scott Holleran

Writer whose early jobs included spell-checking movie reviews written by Roger Ebert for the New America Syndicate. Elliott entered American film with LITTLE MONSTERS (1989). Other feature film writing credits (alone or in collaboration - frequently with Terry Rossio) include ALADDIN (1992), THE PUPPET MASTERS (1994), GODZILLA, SMALL SOLDIERS, ANTZ (story consultant) and THE MASK OF ZORRO (all 1998), THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (2000), SHREK (2001, also co-producer), TREASURE PLANET (2002), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003), SHREK 2 (2004, story consultant), THE LEGEND OF ZORRO (2005), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST and DEJA VU (exec. prod.) (both 2006), and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END and NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (both 2007).  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 2001: SHREK (Written w. Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman) 1 nomination