Dean Parisot

Aldo Luis "Dean" Parisot (born July 6, 1952) is an American film and television director. He is best known as the director of Galaxy Quest.

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 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 ExecutiveProducer 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 episodes1995 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 Directed episodes "Horizons" and "Lost & Found" 2017 Santa Clarita Diet Episode "Baka, Bile and Baseball Bats" 2018–2019 Good Girls Directed 4 episodes