Experienced TV director who broke into the field in the early 1980s and helmed episodes of many series, primarily sitcoms. Pasquin directed episodes of TV comedies including "Alice", "Family Ties", "Growing Pains" (including the series premiere), "The Cavanaughs" and "Roseanne". His earliest dramatic work, meanwhile, included credits on the NBC daytime soap, "Texas", and later dramas including the series "L.A. Law" and TV-movies like "Out on the Edge" (1989) and "Don't Touch My Daughter" (1991). Pasquin's first shot at producing came with the popular ABC sitcom, "Home Improvement" (1991- ) which he helped shape as both producer and director for the program's first two seasons. He formed a good working relationship with series star Tim Allen, and the two reteamed on the big screen for "The Santa Clause" (1994), which featured a dynamite box-office mix of child-pleasing humor and a touch of cynicism for adults. Pasquin is married to actress JoBeth Williams.
Family
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Daughter: Sarah Pasquin. born c. 1967; mother, Pasquin s first wife
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Son: Nick Pasquin. born 1990; adopted with second wife JoBeth Williams
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Son: Will Pasquin. born 1988; adopted with second wife JoBeth Williams
Milestones
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1981 Directed the off-Broadway play, The Captivity of Pixie Shedman
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1985 Directed the premiere episode of the ABC sitcom, Growing Pains
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1989 Directed first TV-movie, Out on the Edge
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1989 Received an Emmy nomination for directing an episode, To Live and Diet in L.A. , Of the NBC drama series, L.A. Law
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1991 TV producing debut, as one of the producers of the ABC sitcom, Home Improvement ; stayed with the series for its first two seasons
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1994 Made feature directing debut with The Santa Clause ; also played a bit part as the sixth Santa
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1997 Directed the Disney s family comedy Jungle 2 Jungle again starring Tim Allen
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2001 Reunited again with Tim Allen to direct Joe Somebody
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2003 Directed episodes of the ABC comedy George Lopez
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2005 Directed Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
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Directed episodes of such primetime TV series as Alice , Gimme a Break , It s Your Move and Family Ties as well as the daytime drama, Texas , in the early and mid-1980s