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Ed Dessisso

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Location Management
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Ed Dessisso is known for New Jack City (1991), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and Another Kind of Soul: Coleman Family Legacy (2019).
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    Known for

    Judd Nelson, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Mario Van Peebles in New Jack City (1991)
    New Jack City
    6.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 1991
    Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
    Joe Versus the Volcano
    5.9
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(New York)
    • 1990
    Another Kind of Soul: Coleman Family Legacy (2019)
    Another Kind of Soul: Coleman Family Legacy
    • Director
    • 2019
    Super Spook (1974)
    Super Spook
    4.8
    • Producer
    • 1974

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Phoebe Jonas and Matt Crabtree in Home on the Range (2000)
      Home on the Range
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2000
    • Judd Nelson, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Mario Van Peebles in New Jack City (1991)
      New Jack City
      6.6
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1991
    • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
      Joe Versus the Volcano
      5.9
      • second assistant director: New York
      • 1990
    • Madeleine Stowe and David Carradine in Tropical Snow (1988)
      Tropical Snow
      5.3
      • assistant director: New York
      • 1988
    • American Playhouse (1980)
      American Playhouse
      7.3
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1983–1984
    • Touched (1983)
      Touched
      5.3
      • second assistant director
      • 1983
    • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
      ABC Afterschool Specials
      7.1
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1979–1982
    • Benny's Place (1982)
      Benny's Place
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1982
    • Attica (1980)
      Attica
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1980
    • George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg in Going in Style (1979)
      Going in Style
      7.1
      • assistant director
      • 1979
    • Night-Flowers (1979)
      Night-Flowers
      6.0
      • second assistant director
      • 1979
    • Hollow Image (1979)
      Hollow Image
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1979

    Director

    • Another Kind of Soul: Coleman Family Legacy (2019)
      Another Kind of Soul: Coleman Family Legacy
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Virtual Life (2018)
      Virtual Life
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Hustlers and Squares
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014

    Location Management

    • Somebody's Hero (2012)
      Somebody's Hero
      6.3
      • locations assistant
      • 2012
    • Blair Underwood, Kurtis Blow, Sheila E., Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay, Darren Robinson, Joseph Simmons, Damon Wimbley, and Mark Morales in Krush Groove (1985)
      Krush Groove
      6.4
      • location manager
      • 1985
    • Richard Gere in The Cotton Club (1984)
      The Cotton Club
      6.6
      • location manager
      • 1984

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    • Alternative name
      • Edward Dessisso

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