Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Vincent Peranio

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Film Production Designer

Other names
  
Vince Peranio

Spouse
  
Delores Delux


Occupation
  
Production design

Movies
  
Love Letter to Edie

Name
  
Vincent Peranio

Siblings
  
Ed Peranio

Vincent Peranio welcometobaltimorehoncomwpcontentuploadsDSCN0

Born
  
1945
Baltimore, Maryland

Known for
  
Film Television Dreamlanders

Education
  
Maryland Institute College of Art

Art directed
  
Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Desperate Living, Polyester, The Private Eyes

Similar People
  
Van Smith, Robert Maier, John Waters, Rachel Talalay, Donald M Morgan

SACRPH 2011 - The Wire (plenary)


Vincent Peranio (born 1945) is an American film and television production designer, art director, set designer, and actor.

Contents

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 was born in 1945 in Baltimore.

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, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner, and the HBO television production The Wire.

At times, Peranio's brother Ed Peranio assisted with prop construction and creating effects, as well as portraying minor roles in the early Waters films.

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)
  • Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
  • Replay (2003)
  • A Dirty Shame (2004)
  • This Filthy World (2006)
  • Bay of Pigs (2008)

    • Art Direction

  • The Prize Fighter (1979)
  • The Private Eyes (1980)
  • Ruckus (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)
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (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)
  • Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998) (as himself)
  • It Came from Baltimore (2005) (Himself)
  • All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (2005) (Himself)
  • The Wire: It's All Connected (2006) (Himself)
  • The Roots of 'Hairspray' (2007) (Himself)

    • References

    Vincent Peranio Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA