Rocco Urbisci Explained

Rocco Urbisci
Occupation:Film director, producer, screenwriter

Rocco Urbisci is an American director, producer and film and television writer.[1]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rocco Urbisci. https://web.archive.org/web/20080525081645/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/114905/Rocco-Urbisci. dead. 2008-05-25. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2008.
  2. Web site: SCREEN: 'JO JO DANCER' (Published 1986) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170906183255/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/02/movies/screen-jo-jo-dancer.html?pagewanted=all . September 6, 2017 . live .
  3. http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20060221/AE/102210017 Aspentimes.com
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163411/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/114905/Rocco-Urbisci/filmography The New York Times
  5. Web site: TV: LILY TOMLIN GOES LAS VEGAS (Published 1981) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160822195152/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/02/arts/tv-lily-tomlin-goes-las-vegas.html . August 22, 2016 . live .

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