Pardis Parker is the creator and star of Comedy Central's Mideast Minute, a writer whose work has been published by the New Yorker, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Chicago Sun-Times, Lit Hub, and McSweeney's, and the co-creator of Uncivil, a sitcom for NBC from Universal Television and Hazy Mills Productions.

As a performer, he's a six-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, a frequent guest on Comedy Central's @midnight, a contributing correspondent and writer for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a stand-up comedian who's headlined comedy clubs and small theatres across Canada, the United States, and England, and an actor who's appeared on shows for ABC, CBS, CBC, Showcase, Family Channel, Comedy Central, and others.

As a filmmaker, his short films and music videos have received over 80 awards and distinctions from the likes of Disney-ABC, NBC Universal, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Athens International Film Festival, Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Comedy Awards, and the National Screen Institute of Canada.

Entertainers, Television & Film, Producers and Directors, Television Writing, Standup Comedy, Stand-up Comedy, Writing, TED,