About this episode

Loni Peristere discusses his work on Firefly and his career in visual effects.

Before Nathan and Alan ever set foot on a spaceship, Loni Peristere had to build the thing… that thing being Serenity. As Firefly's visual effects supervisor and co-founder of Zoic Studios, Loni has spent years chasing the gap between a shot that looked cool and a shot audiences would actually believe. That instinct carried him into an Emmy-winning career that now has him serving as a director and executive producer on House of the Dragon. Loni sits back down with the guys he first got to know on the set of Firefly, and even owns up to the joke he once played on Joss Whedon. Follow Once We Were Spacemen wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to extended episodes a whole week early by joining our Patreon. Once We Were Spacemen is a Collision33 production.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk

Guest: Loni Peristere

Topics covered

• visual effects
• Firefly
• television production
• interviews
• Emmy-winning career

Keywords

• Serenity
• visual effects supervisor
• Zoic Studios
• House of the Dragon
• Firefly
• Joss Whedon
• Emmy-winning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zoic Studios, House of the Dragon

Books & works: Firefly

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