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James Basevi

Known for: Art

Biography: 1890-06-11

Deathday: 1962-03-27 (71 years old)

Biography

James Basevi (21 September 1890 – 27 March 1962) was a British-born art director and special effects expert.

After his military service during World War I Basevi emigrated to Canada and later on to the United States. He began his career in 1924 with MGM, designing sets for silent films. After the advent of talkies, Basevi became the head of MGM's special effects department, helping to create the earthquake scene in San Francisco (1936). He also worked on the storm sequence in John Ford's The Hurricane for 20th Century Fox.

In 1943, he shared an Oscar for art direction with William S. Darling for The Song of Bernadette. He was nominated for Oscars for Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), The Gang's All Here (1943) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1944).

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Filmography

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Movies 79

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Art Direction

James Basevi

Biography

Filmography

all 79

Movies 79

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The Searchers (1956)

East of Eden (1955)

Island in the Sky (1953)

Battle Circus (1953)

My Man and I (1952)

To Please a Lady (1950)

Wagon Master (1950)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

3 Godfathers (1948)

Fort Apache (1948)

Captain from Castile (1947)

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)

The Homestretch (1947)

Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)

The Late George Apley (1947)

The Brasher Doubloon (1947)

13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Duel in the Sun (1946)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Margie (1946)

Home Sweet Homicide (1946)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

Strange Triangle (1946)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Claudia and David (1946)

Spellbound (1945)

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Greenwich Village (1944)

Wilson (1944)

Home in Indiana (1944)

The Eve of St. Mark (1944)

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

The Purple Heart (1944)

The Fighting Sullivans (1944)

Lifeboat (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

The Gang's All Here (1943)

Jane Eyre (1943)

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Happy Land (1943)

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

Wintertime (1943)

Holy Matrimony (1943)

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Stormy Weather (1943)

Jitterbugs (1943)

They Came to Blow Up America (1943)

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

The Black Swan (1942)

Thunder Birds (1942)

Moontide (1942)

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Westerner (1940)

Raffles (1939)

The Real Glory (1939)

They Shall Have Music (1939)

Wuthering Heights (1939)

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Blockade (1938)

The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)

The Hurricane (1937)

Dead End (1937)

History Is Made at Night (1937)

China Seas (1935)

The Temptress (1926)

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

The Devil's Circus (1926)

Known For
Art

Gender
Male

Birthday
1890-06-11

Deathday
1962-03-27 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Plymouth, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United States

Awards
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White