Dean Parisot

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Nationality: American

biography

A prolific television director who won an Oscar for his short film work and made the move to features in the late 1990s, Dean Parisot had early credits as a fine arts documentarian before making his dramatic directorial debut with the black & white short "Tom Goes to the Bar", which subsequently earned him the Berlin Festival's Golden Bear (in the shorts category) in 1986. He followed up quite auspiciously with "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings", a featurette starring comedian Steven Wright that earned the pair the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action). Parisot also took Continued

Credits

Director
2005
(TV Show)
2002-2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Director
2002
(TV Show)
2001-2001
Director
2001
(TV Show)
2001-2001
Director
2001
Director
1999
Director
1998
(TV Show)
1995-1995
Director
1995
screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Wilton, Connecticut
 
Directed documentaries on fine arts for the Museum of Modern Art in NYC as well as other cultural institutions
1986 
Directed the black & white short "Tom Goes to the Bar", which won the Golden Bear for short film at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival
1988 
Shared Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action) with Steven Wright for "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"
1989 
HBO aired "Steven Wright in The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"
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