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Ward Preston

Ward Preston

1932-04-20

Torrance, California, USA

ART

Biography

William Ward Preston (April 20, 1932 – January 17, 2016) was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Towering Inferno.

Best known for:

Airplane!

The Towering Inferno

The Poseidon Adventure

Wait Until Dark

Purple Rain

UHF

The Twilight Zone

Gambit

The Other

Capone

The Stone Killer

Camelot

Monte Walsh

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

A Fine Madness

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

American Anthem

Any Wednesday

Viva Knievel!

Steel

Fire!

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

That Championship Season

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

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Filmography:

Gambit (1966)
5.7
WORK AS:
Set Designer
Any Wednesday (1966)
WORK AS:
Set Designer
A Fine Madness (1966)
WORK AS:
Set Designer
Wait Until Dark (1967)
6.1
WORK AS:
Set Designer
Camelot (1967)
4.9
WORK AS:
Set Designer
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
WORK AS:
Set Designer
Monte Walsh (1970)
4.8
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
5.8
WORK AS:
Assistant Art Director

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The Other (1972)
5.1
WORK AS:
Assistant Art Director
The Stone Killer (1973)
4.8
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Towering Inferno (1974)
5.7
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Capone (1975)
4.5
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Viva Knievel! (1977)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Fire! (1977)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
To Kill a Cop (1978)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Steel (1979)
WORK AS:
Production Design

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Ike (1979)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Airplane! (1980)
6.5
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Power (1980)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Night the City Screamed (1980)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
WORK AS:
Production Design
That Championship Season (1982)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Purple Rain (1984)
5.4
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Twilight Zone (1985)
6.5
WORK AS:
Art Direction
American Anthem (1986)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
WORK AS:
Production Design
UHF (1989)
5.4
WORK AS:
Production Design
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Staying Afloat (1993)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Blessed Assurance (1997)
WORK AS:
Art Direction

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