Scott Ellis was born on April 19,1957 and is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
12 Facts About Scott Ellis
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Scott Ellis graduated from James W Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA, in 1975.
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Scott Ellis studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.
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Scott Ellis has a twin brother named Mark Scott Ellis, who is the Executive Director of the International Bar Association.
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Scott Ellis 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 and 110 in the Shade.
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Scott Ellis has been the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre since 1998.
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Scott Ellis has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director nine times: the revival of She Loves Me, Steel Pier, the revival of 1776, Twelve Angry Men, Curtains, the revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the revival of You Can't Take It with You, another revival of She Loves Me, and Tootsie.
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Scott Ellis received the 1991 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical, for And The World Goes Round.
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Scott Ellis won the Olivier Award as Best Director, Musical, for She Loves Me.
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Scott Ellis 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.
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Scott Ellis received an Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for directing the episode "The Break Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock.
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In 2010, Playbill announced that Scott Ellis was expected to direct upcoming musical adaptations of the 1930s films The Blue Angel and Little Miss Marker.