Hal Pereira
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hal Pereira (April 29, 1905, Chicago, Illinois - December 17, 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American art director, production designer, and occasional architect. In the 1940s through the 1960s he worked on more than 200 films as an art director and production designer. He was nominated for 23 Oscars, winning only one for his work on The Rose Tattoo. He served, along with Earl Hedrick, as artistic director of the popular TV series Bonanza. Pereira started out in theater design in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles and working for Paramount Studios as a unit art director. In 1944 he was art designer for the great film noir Double Indemnity. By 1950 he was supervising art director for the studio, working on such films as the classic Western Shane and The Greatest Show on Earth, which won the Oscar for Best Picture. In 1955 Pereira won the Oscar for best art direction for a black and white film for The Rose Tattoo. In addition, he was the art director on almost all of the important Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1950s. Pereira was educated at the University of Illinois and was brother of architect (and occasional film art director) William L. Pereira.
Filmography (42)
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park
Will Penny
El Dorado
Tickle Me
The Disorderly Orderly
The Nutty Professor
McLintock!
Hud
Donovan's Reef
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Hatari!
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Blue Hawaii
Pocketful of Miracles
The Errand Boy
The Ladies Man
The Jayhawkers!
Vertigo
The Colossus of New York
Houseboat
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Funny Face
The Ten Commandments
The Man Who Knew Too Much
To Catch a Thief
The Court Jester
The Trouble with Harry
Rear Window
Sabrina
White Christmas
Living It Up
The War of the Worlds
Roman Holiday
Shane
Stalag 17
The Greatest Show on Earth
When Worlds Collide
Ace in the Hole
Blue Skies
Double Indemnity
