Years active 1991–present Name Scott Ellis | Role Stage Director | |
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Born April 19, 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-04-19 ) Washington, DC, United States Occupation Director, executive producer Awards Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical Nominations Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Similar People Susan Stroman, David Thompson, Warren Carlyle, Andy Karl, Fred Ebb Profiles | ||
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Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
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Biography
Ellis graduated from DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. He also graduated from James W. Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA, in 1975. Ellis has a twin brother named Mark, who is an attorney.
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.
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.
He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director eight times: the revival of She Loves Me (1994), Steel Pier (1997), the revival of 1776 (1998), Twelve Angry Men (2005), Curtains (2007), the revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013), the revival of You Can't Take It with You (2015), and another revival of She Loves Me (2016). 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. 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 is expected to direct upcoming musical adaptations of the 1930s films The Blue Angel and Little Miss Marker. Both will have books by David Thompson.