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.[3][4]
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.[1] He received an Emmy Award nomination in 2007 for directing the episode "The Break Up" of the comedy series 30 Rock.
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^Scott Ellis (director), Dee Johnson (writer) (2009-10-06). "Home". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 3. CBS.
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For other people named Scott Ellis see Scott Ellis disambiguation Scott Ellis born April 19 1957 is an American stage director actor and television director Scott EllisBorn 1957 04 19 April 19 1957 age 66 Washington DC U S EducationArt Institute of Chicago BFA Occupation s Director executive producer actorYears active1980 present Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 2 1 Stage 2 2 Television 3 References 4 Notes 5 External linksBiography EditEllis graduated from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago now at DePaul University in Chicago 1 He also graduated from James W Robinson Secondary School Fairfax VA in 1975 He studied acting at HB Studio 2 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 3 4 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 5 He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director nine 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 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 6 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 1 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 7 Work EditStage Edit Musical Chairs 1980 as an actor The Rink 1984 as an actor Billy Bishop Goes to War 1987 as an actor Whole Theatre Co And the World Goes Round 1991 She Loves Me 1993 A Month in the Country 1995 starring Helen Mirren Steel Pier 1997 1776 1997 Present Laughter 1998 The Rainmaker 1999 The Man Who Had All the Luck 2002 The Boys from Syracuse 2002 Twelve Angry Men 2004 The Little Dog Laughed 2006 Curtains 2007 Gruesome Playground Injuries 2011 Harvey 2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2012 You Can t Take It with You 2014 The Elephant Man 2014 starring Bradley Cooper On the Twentieth Century 2015 She Loves Me 2016 Kiss Me Kate 2019 Tootsie 2019 Take Me Out 2022 Television Edit Frasier 2000 04 Hope amp Faith 2005 06 Out of Practice 2005 Stacked 2005 30 Rock 2006 Desperate Housewives 2008 Weeds 2008 11 Hung 2009 The Good Wife episode Home 2009 8 Nurse Jackie 2009 Running Wilde 2010 Modern Family 2010 11 Mad Love 2011 2 Broke Girls 2011 13 Guys with Kids 2012 The New Normal 2012 13 The Michael J Fox Show 2013 14 Dads episode Comic Book Issues 2013 Us amp Them episode Upstairs amp Downstairs 2014 Mixology episode Dominic amp Stacey 2014 Undateable 2014 One Big Happy episode Pilot 2015 Dr Ken 2015 16 Superior Donuts 2017 The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 2017 18 A Christmas Story Live 2017 Divorce 2018 Fam 2019 Carol s Second Act 2019 20 All Rise episode What The Bailiff Saw 2020 Tommy episode Cause of Death 2020 References Edit Scott Ellis Biography filmreference 2008 Retrieved 2008 09 01 PLAYBILL COM S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Scott Ellis by Ernio Hernandez Playbill com January 26 2006 Ellis Bio American Theatre WingNotes Edit a b Scot Ellis pbs org accessed June 7 2013 HB Studio Alumni Ellis Nassour Scott Ellis Is an Actor s Director Playbill date November 19 2008 accessed March 8 2016 Scott Ellis at the Internet Broadway Database Scott Ellis Takes a New Roundabout Post The New York Times webcache September 4 1998 Olivier Awards 1995 olivierawards com retrieved October 24 2017 Robert Simonson Scottsboro Librettist David Thompson Working on New Musicals With Stew Scott Ellis Playbill date April 1 2010 accessed March 8 2016 Scott Ellis director Dee Johnson writer 2009 10 06 Home The Good Wife Season 1 Episode 3 CBS External links Edit Scott Ellis at the Internet Broadway Database Scott Ellis at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scott Ellis amp oldid 1085378813, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
