Scott Ellis
{{short description|American director}}
{{other people}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Scott Ellis
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|4|19}}
|birth_place = Washington, DC, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Art Institute of Chicago (BFA)
|occupation = Director, executive producer, actor
|years_active = 1980–present
}}
Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
Life and career
Ellis graduated from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago.[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/broadway-or-bust/meet-pros/detail/scott-ellis/ "Scot Ellis"] pbs.org, accessed June 7, 2013 He also graduated from James W. Robinson Secondary School, in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1975. He studied acting at HB Studio[https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ HB Studio Alumni] 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.Ellis Nassour. [http://www.playbill.com/article/scott-ellis-is-an-actors-director-com-155356 "Scott Ellis Is an Actor's Director"]. Playbill date: November 19, 2008 accessed: March 8, 2016{{IBDB name|14696}}
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 of A Little Night Music (1990) and 110 in the Shade (1992).
Ellis has been the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre since 1998.[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/04/movies/scott-ellis-takes-a-new-roundabout-post.html "Scott Ellis Takes a New Roundabout Post"] The New York Times (webcache), September 4, 1998
He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director nine times for a revival of She Loves Me (1994), Steel Pier (1997), a revival of 1776 (1998), Twelve Angry Men (2005), Curtains (2007), a revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013), a revival of You Can't Take It with You (2015), another revival of She Loves Me (2016), and Tootsie (2019). He received the 1991 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical, for And The World Goes Round. He won the Olivier Award as Best Director, Musical, for She Loves Me.[http://www.olivierawards.com/winners/view/item98529/olivier-winners-1995/ "Olivier Awards, 1995"] olivierawards.com, retrieved October 24, 2017
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. He received an Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for directing the episode "The Break-Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock.
In 2010, Playbill announced that Ellis was expected to direct upcoming musical adaptations of the 1930s films The Blue Angel and Little Miss Marker. Both would have books by David Thompson.Robert Simonson. [http://www.playbill.com/article/scottsboro-librettist-david-thompson-working-on-new-musicals-with-stew-scott-ellis-com-167283 "Scottsboro Librettist David Thompson Working on New Musicals With Stew, Scott Ellis"]. Playbill, date: April 1, 2010 accessed: March 8, 2016
He played the role of Leonard Bernstein's manager Harry Kraut in the biopic Maestro (2023).{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Behind the 'Maestro' drama is a raft of theater stars supporting the story of Leonard Bernstein |url=https://apnews.com/article/maestro-broadway-theater-casting-actors-c23fa8f39f0387699c10603f4ab50e92 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}
Credits
=Stage=
==As actor==
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 1978
|Doody | |
| 1980
|Musical Chairs |Sally's Boyfriend | |
| 1984
|Various | |
| 1987
|Billy Bishop | |
==As director==
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! Title ! Notes |
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| 1991
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| 1993
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| 1995
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| 1997
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| 1997
|1776 | |
| 1998
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| 1999
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| 2002
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| 2006
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| 2007
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| 2011
|Gruesome Playground Injuries | |
| 2012
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| 2012
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| 2014
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| 2014
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| 2015
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| 2016
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| 2019
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| 2019
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| 2022
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| 2024
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| 2025
|Pirates: The Penzance Musical | |
=Television=
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! Title ! Notes |
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| 2000–04
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| 2003
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| 2005–06
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| 2005
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| 2005–06
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| 2006–09
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| 2007–09
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| 2008
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| 2008–11
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| 2009
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| 2009
|Hung | |
| 2009
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| 2009 |
| 2010
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| 2010–11
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| 2011
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| 2011–13
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| 2012
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| 2012–13
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| 2013–14
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| 2013
|Dads |Episode: "Comic Book Issues" |
| 2014
|Episode: "Dominic & Stacey" |
| 2014
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| 2015
|Episode: "Upstairs & Downstairs" |
| 2015
|Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015–16
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| 2017
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| 2017–23
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| 2017
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| 2018
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| 2019
|Fam | |
| 2019–20
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| 2020–21
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| 2020
|Episode: "Cause of Death" |
| 2021–22
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| 2022
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| 2022–23
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References
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{cite web | title=Scott Ellis Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Scott-Ellis.html | work=filmreference | year=2008 | access-date=2008-09-01}}
- [http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-brief-encounter-with-scott-ellis-com-177085# "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Scott Ellis" by Ernio Hernandez, Playbill.com, January 26, 2006]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130426145612/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/scott_ellis Ellis Bio American Theatre Wing]
External links
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- {{IMDb name|0255081}}
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Category:American musical theatre directors
Category:American television directors
Category:Television producers from Maryland
Category:Drama Desk Award winners