Dean Parisot

Dean Parisot

1952-07-06 Wilton, Connecticut, United States 22 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dean Parisot is an American film and television director. Parisot won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings which starred and was co-written (with Mike Armstrong) by comedian Steven Wright. Among his television credits are episodes of Monk, Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Parisot is the son of Ellen James (née Lewis), a painter and art teacher, and Aldo Parisot, a well-known cellist and...

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Butterfly in the Sky

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

as Self

8.2
Acting

Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved ...

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020

Director

5.9
Directing

Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns t...

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

2019

as Self

7.4
Acting

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

RED 2

RED 2

2013

Director

6.5
Directing

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

2013

as Self

6.7
Acting

Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute...

Area 57

Area 57

2007

Executive Producer, Director

6.7
Producing Directing

A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

Director

6.2
Directing

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they...

The Heart Department

2001

Director

2.0
Directing
Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

1999

Director

7.1
Directing

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart", "Lt. Tawny Madison and "Dr.Lazarus" - set off on a thril...

ATF

ATF

1999

Director, Executive Producer

4.7
Directing Producing

In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol, T...

Home Fries

Home Fries

1998

Director

5.1
Directing

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begin...

The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side

The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side

1995

Director

10.0
Directing

A follow-up to their earlier special Parallel Lives, The Dark Side is a no-holds barred frank and funny look at religion, gay rights, and feminism.

The Conversation

1995

Director

Directing

A pilot for a television adaptation of The Conversation (1974), intended to be broadcast on NBC, which was not picked up or aired.

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

1993

Director

4.0
Directing

Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's docume...

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity

1990

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Still Life

Still Life

1990

Writer

3.5
Writing

The alleys of downtown Manhattan become a modern killing field when corpses begin turning up, disfigured and gruesomely posed to appear as pieces of a...

Framed

Framed

1990

Director

4.0
Directing

A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988

Director

6.5
Directing

Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an a...

Tom Goes to the Bar

Tom Goes to the Bar

1985

Director

8.0
Directing

It's business as usual at the bar. Suddenly, a man drops down from the top of the screen and hangs upside down at the bar. The bartender reacts as if ...

Gemini

Gemini

1982

Camera Operator

7.0

Filmed version of the hit Broadway show with two of the original stars. Set in the backyard of a blue collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in ...

REO Speedwagon - Live Infidelity

REO Speedwagon - Live Infidelity

1981

Camera Operator

10.0

REO Speedwagon - Live Infidelity (1981)

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

1980

Camera Operator

6.1

This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable...