Rocco Urbisci is an American director, producer and film and television writer.[1]
Rocco Urbisci | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Urbisci has written films and television shows such as Richard Pryor's Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling,[2] The Richard Pryor Show[3] and the made for television sequel to The Jerk entitled The Jerk, Too with Mark Blankfield replacing Steve Martin in the lead.
Urbisci worked frequently with comedian George Carlin and produced and directed many of Carlin's comedy specials.[4]
He won an Emmy for producing the 1981 Lily Tomlin comedy special Lily: Sold Out.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Rocco Urbisci". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008.
- ^ "SCREEN: 'JO JO DANCER' (Published 1986)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017.
- ^ Aspentimes.com
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ "TV: LILY TOMLIN GOES LAS VEGAS (Published 1981)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016.
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