Ken Pepiot

American special effects supervisor (born 1943)
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Ken Pepiot
Pepiot with his wife in 2016
Born
Kenneth Dale Pepiot

(1943-04-04)April 4, 1943
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSpecial effects supervisor
Years active1976–2005

Kenneth Dale Pepiot (born April 4, 1943[1]) is an American special effects supervisor.

Specialist in pyrotechnics and special effects, he will participate in more than forty films between 1976 and 2005.

He worked on Carrie,[2] Scarface,[3][4][5] Beverly Hills Cop[6] and Planet of the Apes.

Biography

Kenneth Dale Pepiot, a native of Ohio is the descendant of Pierre Joseph Aimé Pepiot and Marie Celestine Pequignot,[7] immigrants who arrived from Franche-Comté in France in 1836.[8]

Nominations

Filmography

  • Carrie (1976) (assistant special effects - as Kenneth Pepiot)
  • Mr. Billion (1977) (special effects - uncredited)
  • Comes a Horseman (1978) (special effects assistant)
  • The Great Santini (1979) (special effects)
  • Beulah Land[9][10] (1980) (special effects director)
  • Heaven's Gate (1980) (special effects)
  • Inchon (1981) (special effects supervisor - as Kenneth Pepiot)
  • Jinxed! (1982) (special effects: second unit)
  • Safari 3000 (1982) (special effects)
  • Death Wish II (1982) (special effects - as Kenneth Pepiot)
  • Scarface (1983) (special effects)
  • The Right Stuff[11][12][13] (1983) (special effects supervisor - as Kenneth Pepiot)
  • The River (1984) (special effects supervisor)
  • Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (special effects)
  • Invitation to Hell (1984) (TV Movie) (special effects)
  • The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) (special effects coordinator)
  • Chiller (1985) (TV Movie) (special effects coordinator)
  • Iron Eagle (1986) (special effects supervisor)
  • Band of the Hand (1986) (special effects coordinator)
  • *batteries not included (1987) (special effects supervisor)
  • Fatal Beauty (1987) (special effects supervisor - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Black Rain (1989) (special effects - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Warlock (1989) (special effects coordinator)
  • The Burbs[14] (1989) (special effects supervisor)
  • Predator 2 (1990) (special effects supervisor)
  • City Slickers (1991) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Sneakers (1992) (special effects coordinator)
  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man[15] (1992) (special effects coordinator)
  • Addams Family Values (1993) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Fearless (1993) (special effects coordinator)
  • Point of No Return (1993) (special effects coordinator)
  • The Shadow (1994) (special effects coordinator)
  • Virtuosity (1995) (special effects supervisor - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Tank Girl (1995) (special effects coordinator)
  • The Glimmer Man (1996) (special effects coordinator)
  • Executive Decision (1996) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Small Soldiers[16] (1998) (special effects coordinator)
  • Sphere (1998) (special effects supervisor)
  • Cast Away (2000) (special effects supervisor - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Planet of the Apes (2001) (special effects coordinator)
  • Red Dragon (2002) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
  • Shoot or Be Shot (2002) (special effects supervisor: second unit)
  • Hollywood Homicide (2003) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pipiot)
  • Flight of the Phoenix (2004) (special effects technician)
  • Be Cool (2005) (special effects coordinator)

References

  1. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTGP-FPF
  2. ^ Interview of Louis A. Stroller, producer http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/11/04/carries-prom-scene-an-oral-history-part-two
  3. ^ Scarface: The Ultimate Guide by Damian Stevenson https://books.google.com/books?id=7UA6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67
  4. ^ SCARFACE Production Notes http://www.scarface1983.com/sf_notes.txt
  5. ^ 7 things you never knew about scarface on IFC.com http://www.ifc.com/2014/03/7-things-you-never-knew-about-scarface
  6. ^ The great cop pictures by James Robert Parish https://books.google.com/books?id=on9ZAAAAMAAJ
  7. ^ "Family tree Benjamin Pepiot - Geneanet". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  8. ^ "PEPIOT FAMILY HISTORY".
  9. ^ The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware, October 5, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/156068641/
  10. ^ TV Guide 1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=Swc5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
  11. ^ American Cinematographer, Volume 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=p0Y9AAAAMAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
  12. ^ Mita campus article http://mitacampus.blue.coocan.jp/archive/eijishinnbunn/1984/199.pdf
  13. ^ Advance Titan article https://newspaperarchive.com/us/wisconsin/oshkosh/oshkosh-advance-titan/1984/03-07/page-21?tag=ken+pepiot&rtserp=tags/?pep=ken-pepiot
  14. ^ Podcast (go to 8:30) https://theburbsminute.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/the-burbs-minute-32-rain-delay/
  15. ^ Ranking: Every John Carpenter Movie from Worst to Best https://consequence.net/2015/01/ranking-every-john-carpenter-movie-from-worst-to-best/9/
  16. ^ Small soldiers pressbook https://issuu.com/vinnierattolle/docs/small_soldiers_pressbook

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