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Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
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.Ellis Nassour. "Scott Ellis Is an Actor's Director". Playbill date: November 19, 2008 accessed: March 8, 2016
He has directed numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre productions, as well as the New York City Opera Company revivals at the New York State Theater of A Little Night Music (1990) and 110 in the Shade (1992).
Ellis has been the Associate Artistic Director for the Roundabout Theatre since 1998. "Scott Ellis Takes a New Roundabout Post" The New York Times (webcache), September 4, 1998
He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Director nine times for a revival of She Loves Me (1994), Steel Pier (1997), a revival of 1776 (1998), Twelve Angry Men (2005), Curtains (2007), a revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013), a 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. "Olivier Awards, 1995" olivierawards.com, retrieved October 24, 2017
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. 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.Robert Simonson. "Scottsboro Librettist David Thompson Working on New Musicals With Stew, Scott Ellis". Playbill, date: April 1, 2010 accessed: March 8, 2016
He played the role of Leonard Bernstein's manager Harry Kraut in the biopic Maestro (2023).
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Stage
As actor
1978 Grease Doody 1980 Musical Chairs Sally's Boyfriend 1984 The Rink Various 1987 Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop
As director
1991 And the World Goes 'Round 1993 She Loves Me 1995 A Month in the Country 1997 Steel Pier 1997 1776 1998 Present Laughter 1999 The Rainmaker 2002 The Man Who Had All the Luck 2002 The Boys from Syracuse 2004 Twelve Angry Men 2006 The Little Dog Laughed 2007 Curtains 2011 Gruesome Playground Injuries 2012 Harvey 2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2014 You Can't Take It with You 2014 The Elephant Man 2015 On the Twentieth Century 2016 She Loves Me 2019 Kiss Me, Kate 2019 Tootsie 2022 Take Me Out 2024 2025
Television
2000–04 Frasier 2003 Charlie Lawrence 2005–06 Hope & Faith 2005 Out of Practice 2005–06 Stacked 2006–09 30 Rock 2007–09 The Closer 2008 Desperate Housewives 2008–11 Weeds 2009 Trust Me 2009 Hung 2009 Nurse Jackie 2009 The Good Wife Episode: "Home" 2010 Running Wilde 2010–11 Modern Family 2011 Mad Love 2011–13 2 Broke Girls 2012 Guys with Kids 2012–13 The New Normal 2013–14 The Michael J. Fox Show 2013 Dads Episode: "Comic Book Issues" 2014 Mixology Episode: "Dominic & Stacey" 2014 Undateable 2015 Us & Them Episode: "Upstairs & Downstairs" 2015 One Big Happy Episode: "Pilot" 2015–16 Dr. Ken 2017 Superior Donuts 2017–23 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 2017 A Christmas Story Live! 2018 Divorce 2019 Fam 2019–20 Carol's Second Act 2020–21 All Rise 2020 Tommy Episode: "Cause of Death" 2021–22 B Positive 2022 East New York 2022–23 Julia
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