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Loni Peristere

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Visual Effects
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Loni Peristere
Loni is an award winning commercial and television producer-director and co-founder of Zoic Studios. His visual effects shot design for the television series Firefly and Battlestar Galactica has creatively inspired the look of modern visual effects cinematography.

He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Literature in 1995. After graduating from college in 1996, Loni went to work for mentor Joss Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity as a Visual Effects Supervisor. He won an Emmy for Firefly.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Olivia Cooke and Emma D'Arcy in House of the Dragon (2022)
    House of the Dragon
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Dianne Doan and Andrew Koji in Warrior (2019)
    Warrior
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Banshee (2013)
    Banshee
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Emma Roberts in American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director



    • House of the Dragon
      • Director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026



    • Olivia Cooke and Emma D'Arcy in House of the Dragon (2022)
      House of the Dragon
      8.3
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2024
    • Dianne Doan and Andrew Koji in Warrior (2019)
      Warrior
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2023
    • Liam Hemsworth, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra in The Witcher (2019)
      The Witcher
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • American Horror Stories (2021)
      American Horror Stories
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2022
    • Emma Roberts in American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2021
    • Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey in Project Blue Book (2019)
      Project Blue Book
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Gabrielle Union and Octavia Spencer in Truth Be Told (2019)
      Truth Be Told
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Castle Rock (2018)
      Castle Rock
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
      9-1-1
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
      A Series of Unfortunate Events
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The Haunted
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Alice Braga in Queen of the South (2016)
      Queen of the South
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Reg E. Cathey, Patrick Fugit, and Madeleine McGraw in Outcast (2016)
      Outcast
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Scream Queens (2015)
      Scream Queens
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
      Code Black
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016

    Producer



    • Olivia Cooke and Emma D'Arcy in House of the Dragon (2022)
      House of the Dragon
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Dianne Doan and Andrew Koji in Warrior (2019)
      Warrior
      8.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2019–2023
    • American Horror Stories (2021)
      American Horror Stories
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • The Haunted
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • co-executive producer
      • 2017
    • Banshee (2013)
      Banshee
      8.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015

    Visual Effects



    • Melanie Lynskey, Charles Martin Smith, Kristin Lehman, Dylan Baker, Nathan Fillion, Michael Hyatt, Taryn Manning, Riley Smith, Kevin Alejandro, JD Pardo, Emma Stone, Rochelle Aytes, and Mircea Monroe in Drive (2007)
      Drive
      7.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2007
    • One Day Like Rain (2007)
      One Day Like Rain
      4.4
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2007
    • Beyond
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2006
    • Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)
      Serenity
      7.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2005
    • David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, and Glenn Quinn in Angel (1999)
      Angel
      7.9
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 1999–2004
    • Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Summer Glau in Firefly (2002)
      Firefly
      8.9
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2002–2003
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
      Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      8.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 1999–2003
    • Whitney Houston and Brandy Norwood in Cinderella (1997)
      Cinderella
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • visual effects producer
      • 1997
    • Volcano (1997)
      Volcano
      5.6
      • visual effects coordinator
      • 1997

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    • Alternative name
      • Loni Peristrere
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • April 25
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Spouse
      • JulietteAugust 15, 1993 - present (2 children)
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