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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self
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
2020
Director
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
2019
as Self
A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

RED 2
2013
Director
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
2013
as Self
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
2007
Executive Producer, Director
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
2005
Director
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

Galaxy Quest
1999
Director
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
1999
Director, Executive Producer
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
1998
Director
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
1995
Director
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
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
1993
Director
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
1990
Writer, Director
A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Still Life
1990
Writer
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
1990
Director
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
Director
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
1985
Director
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
1982
Camera Operator
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
1981
Camera Operator
REO Speedwagon - Live Infidelity (1981)

The Pirates of Penzance
1980
Camera Operator
This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable...