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Terry Rossio

Writing

Born July 2, 1960 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Biography

Terry Rossio (born July 2, 1960) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He co-wrote the films Aladdin, The Mask of Zorro, Shrek, and all five of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. For Shrek, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production and the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He often collaborates with fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Rossio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2002 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003Screenplay, Screenstory

Shrek

2001Co-Producer, Writer

Aladdin

1992Screenplay

Treasure Planet

2002Story

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021Story

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006Characters, Screenplay

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007Characters, Lyricist, Screenplay

Shrek 2

2004Characters, Creative Consultant

The Road to El Dorado

2000Screenplay

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

2024Screenplay, Story

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003Creative Consultant

Aladdin

Characters

Deja Vu

2006Executive Producer, Screenplay

The Amazing Maurice

2022Screenplay

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017Characters, Executive Producer, Story

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011Executive Producer, Screenplay

The Mask of Zorro

1998Screenplay, Story

Small Soldiers

1998Screenplay

Shrek Forever After

2010Characters

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2007Story

Shrek the Third

2007Characters

Antz

1998Creative Consultant

The Lone Ranger

2013Executive Producer, Screenplay

The Legend of Zorro

2005Story

Johnny Depp: King of Cult

2021as Self

The Puppet Masters

1994Screenplay

Little Monsters

1989Writer

Godzilla

1998Story

G-Force

2009Associate Producer