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Jonathan M. Parisen | |
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| Born | December 26, 1971 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, painter |
Jonathan M. Parisen (born December 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker and painter who wrote, produced and directed Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center , the first dramatization of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City.
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Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center is a 9/11 dramatization dealing with a group of people trapped in a sub-basement of the World Trade Center in New York City after the two towers collapse. Stairwell: Trapped In The World Trade Center was written, produced and directed by New York City filmmaker Jonathan M. Parisen. The film premiered in New York City on September 30, 2002 at Anthology Film Archives.
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In 1997 Parisen co-wrote Class of Nuke ’Em High Part 4, the still unproduced sequel to the popular Troma Studios series Class of Nuke ’Em High.[ citation needed ] He serves on the board of the Rec-Youth Multimedia film festival (film festival showcasing youth produced movies) which occurs once a year at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. He works as an instructor of Journalism and Television performance at the Connecticut Schools of Broadcasting.[ citation needed ]
In 2003 and 2004, he worked as a television reporter for Time Warner Cable in New York City. He covered such stories as the Port Mobil Explosion in February 2003, the 2003 North America blackout, and the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash. In June 2006 Parisen was one of over two hundred film directors who worked on the documentary A Broad Way which is due out in late 2007.[ citation needed ]
Time Warner Cable (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was purchased by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operating in 29 states. Its corporate headquarters were located in the Time Warner Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, with other corporate offices in Stamford, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Herndon, Virginia. From 1971 to 1981, Time Warner Cable, as Warner Cable, owned Dimension Pictures.
On October 15, 2003, at 3:21 p.m., the Staten Island Ferry vessel Andrew J. Barberi crashed full-speed into a concrete pier at the St. George ferry terminal. Eleven people were killed and 70 injured, some critically.
In December 2008 Parisen began production on a film inspired by the internet suicide of Florida teenager Abraham Biggs, the film is entitled Watch Me Die. Parisen can be seen in the horror film, I Sell The Dead, which stars Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman. [1]
Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan is an English actor who was born in Germany. Monaghan first gained fame for being Hetty Wainthropp's sidekick Geoffrey in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–98).He first gained exposure in film through his role as Sasha in the television film Hostile Waters (1997) based on the true story of a Russian and an American submarine colliding in the Cold War.
Ronald Perlman is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his role as Vincent on the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, the comic book character Hellboy in both Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and Clay Morrow on the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013).
In March 2009 Parisen had the first showing of his paintings at the CCCP Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In May 2009 Parisen began work on The Cup of Noodles Project, an art project featuring art books and paintings of "Cup of Noodles" that he has been leaving in public places for people to find and keep. [ citation needed ]
In October 2010, he created the "LFK" (Left-Found-Kept) Project, an art project where he leaves 4X6 framed watercolor paintings around New York City for people to find and keep. In January 2011 Parisen begins work on "The Coca Cola Project". A photography project where he will feature photographs of all things Coca Cola related that he comes across in his travels.[ citation needed ]
On February 26, 2011 Parisen completed his short film, Adrift. The film which is about an astronaut accidentally sent adrift into outer space premiered on the internet. In June 2012, he wrapped up production on Watch Me Die. It premiered June 15, 2012 at the Soul Union Apparel Film Festival in Manhattan.[ citation needed ]
