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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.
Academy Awards
Best Art Direction, Black and White
Known For
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Art Direction
Vertigo
(1958)
Art Direction
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)
Art Direction
To Catch a Thief
(1955)
Art Direction
Rear Window
(1954)
Art Direction
Shane
(1953)
Art Direction
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Art Direction
The War of the Worlds
(1953)
Art Direction
Roman Holiday
(1953)
Art Direction
McLintock!
(1963)
Art Direction
Funny Face
(1957)
Art Direction
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Art Direction
Stalag 17
(1953)
Art Direction
El Dorado
(1966)
Art Direction
Sabrina
(1954)
Art Direction
Hud
(1963)
Art Direction
Full Filmography
Art
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Art Direction
Ministry of Fear
(1944)
Art Direction
And Now Tomorrow
(1944)
Art Direction
And the Angels Sing
(1944)
Art Direction
A Medal for Benny
(1945)
Art Direction
You Came Along
(1945)
Art Direction
Blue Skies
(1946)
Art Direction
The Goldbergs
(1950)
Art Direction
Ace in the Hole
(1951)
Art Direction
When Worlds Collide
(1951)
Art Department Manager
Red Mountain
(1951)
Art Direction
Darling, How Could You!
(1951)
Art Direction
The Mating Season
(1951)
Art Direction
Peking Express
(1951)
Art Direction
Detective Story
(1951)
Art Direction
That's My Boy
(1951)
Art Direction
The Stooge
(1951)
Art Direction
Submarine Command
(1951)
Art Direction
The Lemon Drop Kid
(1951)
Art Direction
Here Comes the Groom
(1951)
Art Direction
My Favorite Spy
(1951)
Art Direction
Dear Brat
(1951)
Art Direction
Carrie
(1952)
Art Direction
Come Back, Little Sheba
(1952)
Art Direction
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
(1952)
Art Direction
Sailor Beware
(1952)
Art Direction
Jumping Jacks
(1952)
Art Direction
The Turning Point
(1952)
Art Direction
Son of Paleface
(1952)
Art Direction
The Atomic City
(1952)
Art Direction
Thunder in the East
(1952)
Art Direction
Off Limits
(1952)
Art Direction
Denver and Rio Grande
(1952)
Art Direction
The Savage
(1952)
Art Direction
Hurricane Smith
(1952)
Art Direction
Botany Bay
(1952)
Art Direction
Something to Live For
(1952)
Production Design
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Art Direction
Caribbean
(1952)
Art Direction
Just for You
(1952)
Art Direction
Stalag 17
(1953)
Art Direction
Roman Holiday
(1953)
Art Direction
Shane
(1953)
Art Direction
Road to Bali
(1953)
Art Direction
Pony Express
(1953)
Art Direction
Houdini
(1953)
Art Direction
Forever Female
(1953)
Art Direction
The Caddy
(1953)
Art Direction
Sangaree
(1953)
Art Direction
Flight to Tangier
(1953)
Art Direction
Here Come the Girls
(1953)
Art Direction
The War of the Worlds
(1953)
Art Direction
Money from Home
(1953)
Art Direction
Scared Stiff
(1953)
Art Direction
Arrowhead
(1953)
Art Direction
Little Boy Lost
(1953)
Art Direction
Those Redheads from Seattle
(1953)
Art Direction
Rear Window
(1954)
Art Direction
Sabrina
(1954)
Art Direction
Elephant Walk
(1954)
Art Direction
Alaska Seas
(1954)
Art Direction
White Christmas
(1954)
Art Direction
About Mrs. Leslie
(1954)
Art Direction
The Country Girl
(1954)
Art Direction
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(1954)
Art Direction
3 Ring Circus
(1954)
Art Direction
The Naked Jungle
(1954)
Art Direction
Knock on Wood
(1954)
Art Direction
Living It Up
(1954)
Art Direction
Secret of the Incas
(1954)
Art Direction
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Art Direction
Jivaro
(1954)
Art Direction
To Catch a Thief
(1955)
Art Direction
The Desperate Hours
(1955)
Art Direction
The Girl Rush
(1955)
Art Direction
The Rose Tattoo
(1955)
Art Direction
Conquest of Space
(1955)
Art Direction
The Trouble with Harry
(1955)
Art Direction
Run for Cover
(1955)
Art Direction
The Court Jester
(1955)
Art Direction
Strategic Air Command
(1955)
Art Direction
We're No Angels
(1955)
Art Direction
Lucy Gallant
(1955)
Art Direction
You're Never Too Young
(1955)
Art Direction
Artists and Models
(1955)
Art Direction
The Far Horizons
(1955)
Art Direction
The Seven Little Foys
(1955)
Art Direction
Hell's Island
(1955)
Art Direction
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(1956)
Art Direction
The Ten Commandments
(1956)
Art Direction
The Mountain
(1956)
Art Direction
The Search for Bridey Murphy
(1956)
Art Direction
The Leather Saint
(1956)
Art Direction
The Rainmaker
(1956)
Art Direction
Hollywood or Bust
(1956)
Art Direction
Pardners
(1956)
Art Direction
That Certain Feeling
(1956)
Art Direction
The Scarlet Hour
(1956)
Art Direction
The Vagabond King
(1956)
Art Direction
The Tin Star
(1957)
Art Direction
The Devil's Hairpin
(1957)
Art Direction
Spanish Affair
(1957)
Art Direction
Loving You
(1957)
Art Direction
Wild Is the Wind
(1957)
Art Direction
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Art Direction
The Sad Sack
(1957)
Art Direction
Funny Face
(1957)
Art Direction
Fear Strikes Out
(1957)
Art Direction
The Delicate Delinquent
(1957)
Art Direction
The Lonely Man
(1957)
Art Direction
Omar Khayyam
(1957)
Art Direction
Hear Me Good
(1957)
Art Direction
Beau James
(1957)
Art Direction
Vertigo
(1958)
Art Direction
The Colossus of New York
(1958)
Art Direction
King Creole
(1958)
Art Direction
Teacher's Pet
(1958)
Art Direction
The Matchmaker
(1958)
Art Direction
Hot Spell
(1958)
Art Direction
The Space Children
(1958)
Art Direction
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958)
Art Direction
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Art Direction
The Geisha Boy
(1958)
Art Direction
St. Louis Blues
(1958)
Art Direction
Desire Under the Elms
(1958)
Art Direction
The Party Crashers
(1958)
Art Direction
Houseboat
(1958)
Art Direction
Maracaibo
(1958)
Art Direction
The Jayhawkers!
(1959)
Art Direction
Last Train from Gun Hill
(1959)
Art Direction
Career
(1959)
Art Direction
But Not for Me
(1959)
Art Direction
The Hangman
(1959)
Art Direction
The Five Pennies
(1959)
Art Direction
Don't Give Up the Ship
(1959)
Art Direction
The Black Orchid
(1959)
Art Direction
Li'l Abner
(1959)
Art Direction
Alias Jesse James
(1959)
Art Direction
That Kind of Woman
(1959)
Art Direction
Destination Space
(1959)
Art Direction
The Trap
(1959)
Art Direction
G.I. Blues
(1960)
Art Direction
The Bellboy
(1960)
Art Direction
It Started in Naples
(1960)
Art Direction
The Rat Race
(1960)
Art Direction
Walk Like a Dragon
(1960)
Art Direction
A Breath of Scandal
(1960)
Art Direction
Cinderfella
(1960)
Art Direction
Visit to a Small Planet
(1960)
Art Direction
Heller in Pink Tights
(1960)
Art Direction
One-Eyed Jacks
(1961)
Art Direction
Blue Hawaii
(1961)
Art Direction
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Art Direction
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)
Art Direction
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Art Direction
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
(1961)
Art Direction
Blueprint for Robbery
(1961)
Art Direction
Too Late Blues
(1961)
Art Direction
On the Double
(1961)
Art Direction
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Art Direction
The Ladies Man
(1961)
Art Direction
All in a Night's Work
(1961)
Art Direction
The Pleasure of His Company
(1961)
Art Direction
Hatari!
(1962)
Art Direction
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Art Direction
Hell Is for Heroes
(1962)
Art Direction
Who's Got the Action?
(1962)
Art Direction
My Geisha
(1962)
Art Direction
A Girl Named Tamiko
(1962)
Art Direction
The Pigeon That Took Rome
(1962)
Art Direction
Girls! Girls! Girls!
(1962)
Art Direction
Escape from Zahrain
(1962)
Art Direction
It's Only Money
(1962)
Art Direction
McLintock!
(1963)
Art Direction
Donovan's Reef
(1963)
Art Direction
The Nutty Professor
(1963)
Art Direction
Come Blow Your Horn
(1963)
Art Direction
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
(1963)
Art Direction
A New Kind of Love
(1963)
Art Direction
Fun in Acapulco
(1963)
Art Direction
Love with the Proper Stranger
(1963)
Art Direction
Hud
(1963)
Art Direction
My Six Loves
(1963)
Art Direction
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Art Direction
Roustabout
(1964)
Art Direction
A House Is Not a Home
(1964)
Art Direction
The Carpetbaggers
(1964)
Art Direction
Lady in a Cage
(1964)
Art Direction
Where Love Has Gone
(1964)
Art Direction
Young Fury
(1964)
Art Direction
Law of the Lawless
(1964)
Art Direction
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
(1964)
Art Direction
The Patsy
(1964)
Art Direction
The Disorderly Orderly
(1964)
Art Direction
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Production Design
The Sons of Katie Elder
(1965)
Art Direction
Tickle Me
(1965)
Art Direction
Boeing, Boeing
(1965)
Art Direction
The Slender Thread
(1965)
Production Design
Black Spurs
(1965)
Art Direction
Sylvia
(1965)
Art Direction
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Art Direction
Harlow
(1965)
Art Direction
Red Line 7000
(1965)
Art Direction
Apache Uprising
(1965)
Art Direction
El Dorado
(1966)
Art Direction
The Night of the Grizzly
(1966)
Art Direction
The Oscar
(1966)
Production Design
Picture Mommy Dead
(1966)
Art Direction
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
(1966)
Art Direction
The Swinger
(1966)
Art Direction
The Last of the Secret Agents?
(1966)
Art Direction
Johnny Reno
(1966)
Art Direction
Will Penny
(1967)
Art Direction
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
(1967)
Art Direction
The Busy Body
(1967)
Art Direction
Barefoot in the Park
(1967)
Art Direction
The President's Analyst
(1967)
Art Direction
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1967)
Art Direction
Warning Shot
(1967)
Art Direction
The Spirit Is Willing
(1967)
Art Direction
Red Tomahawk
(1967)
Art Direction
Blue
(1968)
Art Direction
Project X
(1968)
Art Direction
The Odd Couple
(1968)
Art Direction