Ken Pepiot
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Ken Pepiot | |
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 Pepiot with his wife in 2016 | |
| Born | Kenneth Dale Pepiot April 4, 1943 |
| Occupation | Special effects supervisor |
| Years active | 1976–2005 |
Kenneth Dale Pepiot (born April 4, 1943[1]) is an American special effects supervisor. Specialist in pyrotechnics and special effects, he participated 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
[edit]Kenneth Dale Pepiot, a native of Ohio, is a descendant of Pierre Joseph Aimé Pepiot and Marie Célestine Pequignot,[7] immigrants who arrived from Franche-Comté, France, in 1836.[8]
Pepiot entered the industry in 1976 as assistant special effects on Brian De Palma's Carrie.[9] He went on to serve as special effects director on the NBC miniseries Beulah Land (1980)[10][11] and as special effects supervisor on The Right Stuff (1983).[12]
One of his most notable contributions is his work on Scarface (1983), where he and Stan Parks co-invented a gun-synchronizer device that aligned firearm triggers with the camera shutter, ensuring muzzle flashes were reliably captured on film. Cinematographer John A. Alonzo noted that this eliminated costly post-production rotoscoping, while director Brian De Palma highlighted its effectiveness in the film's climactic shootout sequences.[13][14]
Nominations
[edit]- 1991: Nominated for the Saturn Awards (alongside Rick Baker and Dennis Michelson) for Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- 2000: OFTA Film Award nomination for Cast Away
Filmography
[edit]- 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[15][16] (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[17][18][19] (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[20] (1989) (special effects supervisor)
- Predator 2 (1990) (special effects supervisor)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (special effects supervisor)
- City Slickers (1991) (special effects coordinator - as Kenneth D. Pepiot)
- Sneakers (1992) (special effects coordinator)
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (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[21] (1998) (special effects coordinator)
- Sphere (1998) (special effects supervisor)
- The Mod Squad (1999) (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. Pepiot)
- Flight of the Phoenix (2004) (special effects technician)
- Be Cool (2005) (special effects coordinator)
References
[edit]- ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTGP-FPF
- ↑ Interview of Louis A. Stroller, producer http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/11/04/carries-prom-scene-an-oral-history-part-two
- ↑ Scarface: The Ultimate Guide by Damian Stevenson https://books.google.com/books?id=7UA6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67
- ↑ SCARFACE Production Notes http://www.scarface1983.com/sf_notes.txt
- ↑ 7 things you never knew about Scarface, IFC.com http://www.ifc.com/2014/03/7-things-you-never-knew-about-scarface
- ↑ The Great Cop Pictures by James Robert Parish https://books.google.com/books?id=on9ZAAAAMAAJ
- ↑ "Family tree Benjamin Pepiot". gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ↑ "PEPIOT FAMILY HISTORY".
- ↑ Interview of Louis A. Stroller, producer http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/11/04/carries-prom-scene-an-oral-history-part-two
- ↑ The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware, October 5, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/156068641/
- ↑ TV Guide 1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=Swc5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
- ↑ American Cinematographer, Volume 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=p0Y9AAAAMAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
- ↑ Scarface: The Ultimate Guide by Damian Stevenson https://books.google.com/books?id=7UA6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67
- ↑ SCARFACE Production Notes http://www.scarface1983.com/sf_notes.txt
- ↑ The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware, October 5, 1980 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/156068641/
- ↑ TV Guide 1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=Swc5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
- ↑ American Cinematographer, Volume 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=p0Y9AAAAMAAJ&q=%22kenneth+pepiot%22
- ↑ Mita campus article http://mitacampus.blue.coocan.jp/archive/eijishinnbunn/1984/199.pdf
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Burbs Minute podcast (go to 8:30) https://theburbsminute.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/the-burbs-minute-32-rain-delay/
- ↑ Small Soldiers pressbook https://issuu.com/vinnierattolle/docs/small_soldiers_pressbook
External links
[edit]- Ken Pepiot at IMDb