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William L. Pereira(1909-1985)

  • Visual Effects
  • Art Director
  • Producer
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William Pereira was a legendary architect who was highly inflential in the shaping of Orange County, California. Perhaps best known for designing the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, his greatest achievement lies in what was his pet project for the latter half of his life - the master planning of the Irvine Ranch in central Orange County. Development of the Irvine Ranch as per Pereira's master plan began in the early 1960s with the construction of the University of California at Irvine. Pereira's buildings at UCI featured unusual concrete-formed exteriors with three-dimensional tessellating patterns. UCI's initial buildings were so unique that the film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) was filmed there, with the campus doubling as Ape City (with the help of the occasional matte painting). Pereira also left his unique touch on other campuses, most notably with his library building at UC San Diego, now known as the Geisel Library. Pereira was a friend of Walt and Roy Disney, and he designed some of the original hotels surrounding Disneyland, including the Disneyland Hotel itself. William Pereira was an architectural genius who has left a lasting impression on every square inch of ground he has built on.
BornApril 25, 1909
DiedNovember 13, 1985(76)
BornApril 25, 1909
DiedNovember 13, 1985(76)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win total

Known for

John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Lynne Overman, and Robert Preston in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind
6.6
  • Visual Effects(as W.L.Pereira)
  • 1942
Signe Hasso, George Raft, and Claire Trevor in Johnny Angel (1945)
Johnny Angel
6.2
  • Producer
  • 1945
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire
7.4
  • Visual Effects(as William Pereira)
  • 1942
Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens in From This Day Forward (1946)
From This Day Forward
6.3
  • Producer
  • 1946

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Visual Effects



  • Richard Denning, Dorothy Lamour, and Gogo in Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
    Beyond the Blue Horizon
    6.0
    • special photographic effects (as William Pereira)
    • 1942
  • Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire (1942)
    This Gun for Hire
    7.4
    • special photographic effects (as William Pereira)
    • 1942
  • John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Lynne Overman, and Robert Preston in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
    Reap the Wild Wind
    6.6
    • special photographic effects (as W.L.Pereira)
    • 1942

Art Director



  • Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, and Robert Preston in New York Town (1941)
    New York Town
    6.3
    • Art Director (as William Pereira)
    • 1941
  • Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, and Phillip Reed in Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
    Aloma of the South Seas
    5.4
    • Art Director (as William Pereira)
    • 1941

Producer



  • Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens in From This Day Forward (1946)
    From This Day Forward
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1946
  • Signe Hasso, George Raft, and Claire Trevor in Johnny Angel (1945)
    Johnny Angel
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1945

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • William Pereira
  • Born
    • April 25, 1909
  • Died
    • November 13, 1985
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Bronya Galef? - November 13, 1985 (his death)
  • Other works
    Supervised the expansion of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USC) in 1961 and designed many of the buildings therein.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Is the subject of a new book entitled "William Pereira", by USC architecture professor James Steele.

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