Scott Ellis
| Scott Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 19, 1957 Washington, DC, United States |
| Occupation | Director, executive producer, actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
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 seven 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), and the revival of You Can't Take It with You (2015). He received the 1991 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical, for And The World Goes Round.
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