Awards & Winners

Dean Parisot

Date of Birth 1952
Place of Birth Wilton
(United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot, Aldo Luis Parisot, Aldo Luis Parisot
Profession Film director, Television Director, Television Producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot is an Oscar winning American film and television director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which was co-written and starred comedian Steven Wright, with whom he shares the award with. Among his television credits are episodes of Monk, Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Parisot was born in Wilton, Connecticut, to Ellen James, 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. As of 2012, he was scheduled to direct the third installment of the Bill and Ted franchise. Dean Parisot was married to film editor Sally Menke until her death in 2010; the couple had two children.

Awards by Dean Parisot

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dean Parisot.

2000


Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Honored for : Galaxy Quest

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Galaxy Quest

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing In A Children's Series Reading Rainbow
For episode \"Ludlow Laughs\"

1988


Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)
Honored for : The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action) The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1986


Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film
Honored for : Tom Goes To the Bar