Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot is an American film and television director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which starred comedian Steven Wright. Among his television credits are episodes of Monk, Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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.

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.

Biography

Dean Parisot est né à Wilton, dans le Connecticut. Fils d'Ellen James (née Lewis), une peintre et professeur d'art, et d'Aldo Parisot, un violoncelliste, il est diplômé de la Tisch School of the Arts de l'Université de New York. Dean Parisot a deux enfants et était marié avec la monteuse Sally Menke jusqu'à sa mort en 2010.

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