Dean Parisot

Parisot worked across film director, television director, screenwriter, film producer and television producer and 2 further recorded occupations. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Dean Parisot • Born — 6 July 1952 • Birthplace — Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. • Occupation — Film and television director • Children — 2

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. 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. The film, Bill & Ted Face the Music, was released on August 28, 2020. Parisot was married to film editor Sally Menke until her death in 2010; they had two children.

Short film • Tom Goes to the Bar (1985) • The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) • The Last Seat (1995) 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 • 1995 — The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side • The Conversation • 1999 — A.T.F. • 2007 — Area 57 • 2009 — See Kate Run TV series • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Notes • 1988–1990 — Reading Rainbow — 5 episodes • 1990 — Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity — TV special; Also writer • 1991 — Get a Life — 3 episodes • 1992 — Great Scott! — Episode "Book Crook" • 1992–1993 — Northern Exposure — 3 episodes • 1993 — Bakersfield P.D. — Directed 3 episodes • 1995 — Under Suspicion — Episode "Kinky Murder" • The Marshal — 4 episodes • ER — Episode "What Life?" • 1998 — L.A. Doctors — Episode "Under the Radar" • 2001 — The Job — Episode "Pilot" • Curb Your Enthusiasm — Episode "Shaq" • 2002 — The Tick — Episode "Arthur, Interrupted" • 2002–2009 — Monk — Episodes "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" and "Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu" • 2010 — The Deep End — Unaired pilot • 2010–2011 — The Good Wife — Episodes "Double Jeopardy" and "Affairs of State" • 2011 — Modern Family — Episode "Regrets Only" • 2012–2015 — Justified — Episodes "The Devil You Know", "Slaughterhouse", "Good Intentions" and "Cash Game" • 2015 — Masters of Sex — Episode "Three's a Crowd" • 2015–2016 — Grace and Frankie — Episodes "The Vows" and "The Wish" • 2016 — Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Executive — Directed episodes "Horizons" and "Lost & Found" • 2017 — Santa Clarita Diet — Episode "Baka, Bile and Baseball Bats" • 2018–2019 — Good Girls — Executive — Directed 4 episodes

Dean Parisot was born on 6 July 1952 in Wilton. Parisot held the nationality of United States. Parisot was educated at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Married to: Sally Menke. Recorded father: Aldo Parisot. Parisot worked as film director, television director, screenwriter and film producer, and the authority record catalogues a further 3 occupations under the same name, among them television producer, actor and director. Parisot worked in English.

Parisot worked for the screen, as film director, screenwriter and film producer. 25 films survive in the institutional catalogues, spanning 1988 to 2020. Among them are The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988), Framed (1990), What Life? (1995), Home Fries (1998), Galaxy Quest (1999) and A.T.F. The whole run is set out in the catalogue below.

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.