Vincent Pereira (born March 11, 1973) is an American

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, known for his work with

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film '' Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, ...

and

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. He is regarded as the unofficial "View Askew Historian".

Background

Pereira was born and raised in New Jersey. During his junior year of high school, Vincent started working at the Quick Stop and RST Video convenience store, where he met future filmmaker Kevin Smith. The two quickly became friends and would often spend time together while working at the store. When they closed the store at night, the two went to see independent films in

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. This would eventually result in Smith seeing ''

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'', which would inspire him to make his low budget first film ''

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''. Pereira served as assistant camera, grip and "cat wrangler" on the film and made a few cameos. Pereira worked on Kevin's later films ''

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'', ''

Chasing Amy ''Chasing Amy'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film is about a male comic artist (Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woman ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Other films

In 1997, Smith financed three films under the View Askew label, '' Vulgar'' (where Pereira served as workprint editor), ''

Big Helium Dog ''Big Helium Dog'' is a 1999 comedy film. It is produced by Kevin Smith's View Askew production company and also features the Broken Lizard comedy troupe in starring ( Kevin Heffernan) and supporting (Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, and Erik St ...

'' (where Pereira served as editor and played a bit part) and ''

A Better Place ''A Better Place'' is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Vincent Pereira. It stars Robert DiPatri and Eion Bailey. It was produced in association with View Askew, Kevin Smith's production company, and released to DVD by Synapse Films. It wa ...

'' (which Pereira served as writer, director, editor and played a bit part). ''A Better Place'' featured various people involved with View Askew, both on and off camera. The film played at the Angelica Theater under the IFFM (where ''Clerks'' was discovered four years earlier). A DVD was released in 2001.Profile
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References

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