Ken Pepiot
American special effects supervisor (born 1943)
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Kenneth Dale Pepiot (born April 4, 1943[1]) is an American special effects supervisor.
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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 |
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
Nominations
- 1991: Nominated for Saturn Awards with Rick Baker and Dennis Michelson for the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- 2000: OFTA Film Award nomination for Cast Away with Tom Hanks
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)
- 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[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)
- 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. Pipiot)
- Flight of the Phoenix (2004) (special effects technician)
- Be Cool (2005) (special effects coordinator)