Rocco Urbisci
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
Rocco Urbisci is an American director, producer and film and television writer.
Urbisci is best known for writing such films and television shows as Richard Pryor's Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, The Richard Pryor Show 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.
He won an Emmy for producing the 1981 Lily Tomlin comedy special Lily: Sold Out.
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Urbisci is best known for writing such films and television shows as Richard Pryor's Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, The Richard Pryor Show 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.
He won an Emmy for producing the 1981 Lily Tomlin comedy special Lily: Sold Out.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Rocco Urbisci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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| 1991 | The Carol Burnett Show (1991) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1990 | George Carlin: Doin' It Again · as Executive Producer |
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| 1984 | Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas · as Executive Producer |
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| 1972 | The Midnight Special · as Co-Producer |
| 2022 | George Carlin's American Dream · as Self |
| 2021 | Superstar (2021) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Comedy Store · as Self |
| 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor · as Self - Writer And DirectorOn Plex |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic · as Self |
| 1981 | The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show · as Self |
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| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling · as Screenplay |
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| 1990 | George Carlin: Doin' It Again · as Interviewer |
| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling · as Screening Room Director |
| 1997 | Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast · as Assistant Director |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show · as Written By |