# Dean Parisot

Aldo Luis "Dean" Parisot (born July 6, 1952) is an American film and television director.
Among his television credits are episodes of Monk (including the two-hour pilot "Mr. Monk and the Candidate"), Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

## Biography

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.
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.

## Awards

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.

## Filmography

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 | Yes | No |
| 1995 | The Kathy & Mo Show: The Dark Side | Yes | No |
| 1995 | 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" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
| 1995 | ER | Yes | No | Episode "What Life?" |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Yes | No | Episode "Under the Radar" |
| 2001 | The Job | Yes | No | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2001 | 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 |