Ken Pepiot Explained

Ken Pepiot
Birth Name:	Kenneth Dale Pepiot
Birth Date:	April 4, 1943
Nationality:	American
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 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

• 1991: Nominated for Saturn Awards with Rick Baker and Dennis Michelson for the movie
• 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)
• (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)

Notes and 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. Web site: Family tree Benjamin Pepiot - Geneanet. gw.geneanet.org. 2017-11-23.
8. Web site: 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