Dean Parisot
{{short description|American film and television director}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|7|6}}
|birth_place = Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.
|spouse = {{marriage|Sally Menke|1986|2010|end=died}}
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Aldo Luis "Dean" Parisot (born July 6, 1952) is an American film and television director.
Among his television credits are episodes of Monk (including the two-hour pilot "Mr. Monk and the Candidate"), Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Biography
Parisot was born in Wilton, Connecticut, to Ellen James (née Lewis), a painter and art teacher, and Aldo Parisot, a Brazilian-born cellist and pedagogue.{{cite news|title=Cello Teacher With a License to Dazzle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/arts/music/19kirs.html|work=The New York Times|date=April 17, 2009}}
He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He took part in the Sundance Institute's June Lab.
In 2012, he was hired to direct the third installment of the Bill & Ted franchise.{{cite web|last=Brodesser |first=Claude |url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/bill-ted-may-ride-again-for-a-third-film.html |title=Bill & Ted May Ride Again for a Third Film |date=August 10, 2012 |publisher=Vulture |access-date=July 26, 2013}} The film, Bill & Ted Face the Music, was released on August 28, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Strauss |first1=Matthew |title=Bill & Ted 3 Gets 2020 Release Date |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bill-and-ted-3-gets-2020-release-date/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=13 March 2020 |date=20 March 2019}}
Parisot was married to film editor Sally Menke until her death in 2010; they had two children.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/10/style/sally-menke-editor-weds-aldo-l-parisot.html |title=Wedding announcement in New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=August 10, 1986 |access-date=July 26, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/11/29/archives/ellen-lewis-betrothed-yale-fine-arts-student-to-be-bride-of-aldo.html |title=ELLEN LEWIS BETROTHED; Yale Fine Arts Student to Be Bride of Aldo Parisott |work=The New York Times |date=June 10, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2013}}
Awards
He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which was co-written by and starred comedian Steven Wright, with whom he shares the award.
Filmography
Short film
- Tom Goes to the Bar (1985)
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
- The Last Seat (1995)
Feature film
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Distribution |
| 1998 |
| 1999 |
| 2005 |
| 2013
| Red 2 |
| 2020 |
TV movies
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Executive |
| 1990
| Framed | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| rowspan=2|1995
| The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| The Conversation
| {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 1999
| A.T.F. | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| 2007
| Area 57 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| 2009
| See Kate Run | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
TV series
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Producer ! Notes |
| 1988–1990
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | 5 episodes |
| 1990
| Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity | {{yes}} | {{no}} | TV special; |
| 1991
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | 3 episodes |
| 1992
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Book Crook" |
| 1992–1993
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | 3 episodes |
| 1993
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Directed 3 episodes |
| rowspan=3|1995
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Kinky Murder" |
| The Marshal
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | 4 episodes |
| ER
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "What Life?" |
| 1998
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Under the Radar" |
| rowspan=2|2001
| The Job | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Pilot" |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Shaq" |
| 2002
| The Tick | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Arthur, Interrupted" |
| 2002–2009
| Monk | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episodes "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" and |
| 2010
| The Deep End | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Unaired pilot |
| 2010–2011
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episodes "Double Jeopardy" and "Affairs of State" |
| 2011
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Regrets Only" |
| 2012–2015
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episodes "The Devil You Know", "Slaughterhouse", |
| 2015
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Three's a Crowd" |
| 2015–2016
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episodes "The Vows" and "The Wish" |
| 2016
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | {{yes}} | {{yes|Executive}} | Directed episodes "Horizons" and "Lost & Found" |
| 2017
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | Episode "Baka, Bile and Baseball Bats" |
| 2018–2019
| {{yes}} | {{yes|Executive}} | Directed 4 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0661751|Dean Parisot}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021024021748/http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/bio/celeb/1671806 Biography]
- [http://www.filmbug.com/db/35841 Dean Parisot] at filmbug
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Category:American film producers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American television directors
Category:American comedy film directors
Category:Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
Category:People from Wilton, Connecticut
Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Category:Film directors from Connecticut
Category:American people of Brazilian descent
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