Biography

Rossio was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating from Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California, he went on to study at California State University, Fullerton where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with an emphasis in radio, television and film. He is the founder of Wordplay a.k.a. Wordplayer.com, one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet.

Along with his writing partner Ted Elliott, Rossio has written some of the most successful American films of the past 25 years, including Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Shrek. He is the second most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of domestic box office receipts with totals at around $2.5 billion.

As quoted in the India Times, Deadline Hollywood and other sources, "'Pirates of the Caribbean' writer Terry Rossio has been sued by his former agent for pending commission payment of over two years. Dodie Herskovitz, of Dodie Gold Management, filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court and claimed the screenwriter has not paid her “certain revenues” she is owed under their contract, said The Hollywood Reporter. Herskovitz said she became Rossio’s manager in February 2002, and their contract entitled her to 10 per cent of gross revenues and other amounts earned from entertainment industry work negotiated by her firm. Rossio, however, ended their contract in March 2013. The former manager claims she managed the writer while he signed to write (with Ted Elliott) instalments of “Pirates of the Caribbean” saga, apart from “The Lone Ranger”, “Deja Vu” and upcoming projects “Lightspeed” and “Instant Karma.”

Awards and nominations

• 2001 - Nominated for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Shrek
• 2002 - Nominated for Nebula Award nomination for Best Script for Shrek
• 2003 - Nominated for Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• 2004 - Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• 2013 - Nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for The Lone Ranger

Filmography (partial listing)

• 1989 Little Monsters (screenwriter)
• 1992 Aladdin (screenwriter)
• 1994 The Puppet Masters (screenwriter)
• 1997 Men in Black (screenwriter) (uncredited)
• 1998 The Mask of Zorro (screenwriter)
• 1998 Antz (consultant/advisor)
• 1998 Godzilla (original screenplay, story by)
• 1998 Small Soldiers (screenwriter)
• 2000 The Road to El Dorado (screenwriter)
• 2001 Shrek (co-producer/screenwriter)
• 2002 Treasure Planet (story by)
• 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (screenwriter)
• 2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (consultant/advisor)
• 2004 National Treasure (screenwriter) (uncredited)
• 2005 The Legend of Zorro (story by)
• 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (screenwriter)
• 2006 Déjà Vu (screenwriter/executive producer)
• 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (screenwriter)
• 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (story by)
• 2009 G-Force (associate producer/writer uncredited)
• 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (screenwriter/executive producer)
• 2013 The Lone Ranger (screenwriter/executive producer)
• 2013 Lovestruck, the Musical (writer/executive producer)

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