Hal Pereira(April 29, 1905 – December 17, 1983) was an Americanart director,production designer,and occasional architect.
Hal Pereira | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 29, 1905 |
| Died | December 17, 1983(aged 78) |
| Occupation(s) | art directorandproduction designer |
| Years active | 1944–1968 |
Pereira was born inChicago,Illinois,the son of Sarah (Friedberg) and Saul Pereira. In the 1940s through the 1960s he worked on more than 200 films as an art director and production designer. He was nominated for 23Oscars,having won only one for his work onThe Rose Tattoo.He served, along withEarl Hedrick,as artistic director of the popular TV seriesBonanza. 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 thefilm noirDouble Indemnity.By 1950, he was supervising art director for the studio, a position at which he remained until its reorganization by theGulf+Westernoil firm in the late 1960s. There, he worked on such films as the classic WesternShaneandThe 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 forThe Rose Tattoo.[1]In addition, he was the art director on almost all of the importantAlfred Hitchcockfilms of the 1950s.
Pereira was educated at theUniversity of Illinoisand is brother of architect (and occasional film art director)William L. Pereira.
He died inLos Angeles,California.
References
edit- ^"The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners".Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).RetrievedJune 7,2019.
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