Dean Parisot
American film and television director
Dean Parisot
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Aldo Luis " Dean " Parisot (born July 6, 1952) is an American film and television director. 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. Among his television credits are episodes of Monk (including the two-hour pilot " Mr. Monk and the Candidate "), Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm .
Parisot was born in Wilton, Connecticut , to Ellen James (née Lewis), a painter and art teacher, and Aldo Parisot , a Brazilian-born, well-known cellist and pedagogue. [1] 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 and Ted franchise. [2] The film, Bill & Ted Face the Music , was released on August 28, 2020. [3]
Parisot was married to film editor Sally Menke until her death in 2010; they had two children. [4] [5]
Filmography
- Framed (1990)
- Home Fries (1998)
- A.T.F. (1999)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- Red 2 (2013)
- Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
References
- ↑ "Cello Teacher With a License to Dazzle" . The New York Times . April 17, 2009.
- ↑ Brodesser, Claude (August 10, 2012). "Bill & Ted May Ride Again for a Third Film" . Vulture . Retrieved July 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew (March 20, 2019). "Bill & Ted 3 Gets 2020 Release Date" . Pitchfork . Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
- ↑ "Wedding announcement in New York Times " . The New York Times . August 10, 1986 . Retrieved July 26, 2013 .
- ↑ "ELLEN LEWIS BETROTHED; Yale Fine Arts Student to Be Bride of Aldo Parisott" . The New York Times . June 10, 2012 . Retrieved July 26, 2013 .
External links
- Dean Parisot at IMDb
- Biography
- Dean Parisot at filmbug
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