Dean Parisot (born in Wilton, Connecticut) is an Academy Award winning American film and television director. He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and also took part in the Sundance Institute's June Lab.
Paisot won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings which starred and was co-written (with Mike Armstrong) by comedian Steven Wright.
Among his television credits are episodes of Monk, Northern Exposure and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
His father, Aldo Parisot, is a well-known cellist and pedagogue.
