Vincent Peranio

Infobox Person
name = Vincent Peranio

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caption = Vincent Peranio in Steve Yeager's 1998 documentary "Divine Trash"
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known_for = Film
Television
Dreamlanders
occupation = Production design
nationality = American

Vincent Peranio is an American film and television production designer, art director, set designer, and actor.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672781/|title=Vincent Peranio|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2008-08-07]

Peranio began his career designing film sets for John Waters. Because of his work with Waters, he is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members.

Biography

Peranio's first credited project is the creation of "Lobstora", a room-sized rapacious lobster in Waters' "Multiple Maniacs" (1970).

After "Multiple Maniacs", Peranio developed a successful career creating the sets for all subsequent films of Waters and other films and TV shows, including Barry Levinson's "Liberty Heights" and the crime dramas, "", "The Corner", and the HBO television production "The Wire".cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/106069/Vincent-Peranio/filmography|title=New York Times Filmography|date=June 14, 2008|publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-06-15] cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672781/|title=Vincent Peranio|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2008-06-15]

At times, Peranio's brother Ed Peranio assissted with prop construction and creating effects, as well as portraying minor roles in the early Waters films.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672780/|title=Ed Peranio|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2008-08-07]

Filmography

Cinema

Production Design

*"Multiple Maniacs" (1970) (designer of "Lobstora")
*"Pink Flamingos" (1972) (also Set Design/Art Direction/Technical Assistant)
*"Female Trouble" (1974) (also Art Direction)
*"Desperate Living" (1977) (as Set Designer)
*"The Hitter" (1979) (as Set Designer)
*"Polyester" (1981)
*"Hairspray" (1988) (also Art Direction)
*"Cry-Baby" (1990)
*"Serial Mom" (1994)
*"Pecker" (1998)
*"Liberty Heights" (1999)
*"Cecil B. DeMented" (2000)
*"" (2000)
*"Replay" (2003)
*"A Dirty Shame" (2004)
*"This Filthy World" (2006)
*"Bay of Pigs" (2008)

Art Direction

*"The Prize Fighter" (1979)
*"Ruckus" (1981)
*"The Private Eyes" (1981)
*"The House on Sorority Row" (1983)
*"The Adventure of the Action Hunters" (1987)

Actor

*"Multiple Maniacs" (1970) as Freak
*"Pink Flamingos" (1972) as Musician at Party
*"Love Letter to Edie" (1975) as Sailor in Bar
*"The Adventure of the Action Hunters" (1987) as 1st

Television Production Design

*"Darrow" (1991)
*"" (84 episodes from 1993-1999)
*"The Corner" (2000)
*"Young Americans" (2000) (unknown episodes)
*"Shot in the Heart" (2001)
*"The Wire" (51 episodes from 2002-2008)
*"Something the Lord Made" (2004)

Other

*"Edith's Shopping Bag" (1976) (Himself)
*"The Bedroom Window" (1987) (set buyer: Baltimore)
*"Divine Trash" (1998) (himself)
*"" (1998) (as himself)
*"It Came from Baltimore" (2005) (Himself)
*"All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'" (2005) (Himself)
*"" (2006) (Himself)
*"The Roots of 'Hairspray'" (2007) (Himself)

References

External links

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* [http://www.dreamlandnews.com/index.html Dreamland Website]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=3781 "Baltimore's Setting Son": Interview with Vincent Peranio at Citypaper Online]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/106069/Vincent-Peranio/filmography New York Times Filmography]
* [http://www.fellspoint.us/fellspointoutoftime/transcripts/Vince%20Peranio%20021104.pdf Interview from the Preparation of "Fell's Point Out of Time]