Aldo Luis "Dean" Parisot (born July 6, 1952) is an American film and television director.

Dean Parisot
Born (1952-07-06) July 6, 1952 (age 72)
Spouse
(m. 1986; died 2010)
Children2

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

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Short film

Feature film

Year Title Distribution
1998 Home Fries Warner Bros.
1999 Galaxy Quest DreamWorks Pictures
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Sony Pictures Releasing
2013 Red 2 Summit Entertainment
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music United Artists Releasing

TV movies

Year Title Director Executive
Producer
1990 Framed Yes No
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

Year Title Director Producer Notes
1988–1990 Reading Rainbow Yes No 5 episodes
1990 Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity Yes No TV special;
Also writer
1991 Get a Life Yes No 3 episodes
1992 Great Scott! Yes No Episode "Book Crook"
1992–1993 Northern Exposure Yes No 3 episodes
1993 Bakersfield P.D. Yes Yes Directed 3 episodes
1995 Under Suspicion Yes No Episode "Kinky Murder"
The Marshal Yes No 4 episodes
ER Yes No Episode "What Life?"
1998 L.A. Doctors Yes No Episode "Under the Radar"
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 "Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu"
2010 The Deep End Yes No Unaired pilot
2010–2011 The Good Wife Yes No Episodes "Double Jeopardy" and "Affairs of State"
2011 Modern Family Yes No Episode "Regrets Only"
2012–2015 Justified Yes No Episodes "The Devil You Know", "Slaughterhouse",
"Good Intentions" and "Cash Game"
2015 Masters of Sex Yes No Episode "Three's a Crowd"
2015–2016 Grace and Frankie Yes No Episodes "The Vows" and "The Wish"
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Yes Executive Directed episodes "Horizons" and "Lost & Found"
2017 Santa Clarita Diet Yes No Episode "Baka, Bile and Baseball Bats"
2018–2019 Good Girls Yes Executive Directed 4 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Cello Teacher With a License to Dazzle". The New York Times. April 17, 2009.
  2. ^ Brodesser, Claude (August 10, 2012). "Bill & Ted May Ride Again for a Third Film". Vulture. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Strauss, Matthew (March 20, 2019). "Bill & Ted 3 Gets 2020 Release Date". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Wedding announcement in New York Times". The New York Times. August 10, 1986. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "ELLEN LEWIS BETROTHED; Yale Fine Arts Student to Be Bride of Aldo Parisott". The New York Times. June 10, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
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