2008Winner
Best Director
George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!
Rocco Urbisci
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
United States
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rocco Urbisci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1990Winner
Best Performance
George Carlin: Doin' It Again
2013Nominee
Best Performance
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Career Highlights
1990Highlight
Best Picture
The Earth Day Special
1977Highlight
Best Writing
The Richard Pryor Special?
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic