About

Known credits:
79
Birthday:
1890-09-21
Place of birth:
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Website:
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James Basevi

Overview

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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Known for

Art
1956 The Searchers Art Art Direction 72
Good
1955 East of Eden Art Production Design 68
Fair
1953 Island in the Sky Art Art Direction 59
Average
1953 Battle Circus Art Art Direction 58
Average
1952 My Man and I Art Art Direction 59
Average
1950 To Please a Lady Art Art Direction 58
Average
1950 Wagon Master Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Art Art Direction 62
Fair
1949 Mighty Joe Young Art Art Direction 59
Average
1948 3 Godfathers Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1948 Fort Apache Art Art Direction 63
Fair
1947 Captain from Castile Art Art Direction 59
Average
1947 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Art Art Direction 59
Average
1947 The Homestretch Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica Art Art Direction 59
Average
1947 The Late George Apley Art Art Direction 59
Average
1947 The Brasher Doubloon Art Art Direction 58
Average
1947 13 Rue Madeleine Art Art Direction 59
Average
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Art Art Direction 59
Average
1946 Duel in the Sun Art Art Direction 59
Average
1946 My Darling Clementine Art Art Direction 65
Fair
1946 Margie Art Art Direction 59
Average
1946 Home Sweet Homicide Art Art Direction 58
Average
1946 Somewhere in the Night Art Art Direction 59
Average
1946 Strange Triangle Art Art Direction 58
Average
1946 The Dark Corner Art Art Direction 59
Average
1946 Claudia and David Art Art Direction 59
Average
1945 Spellbound Art Art Direction 68
Fair
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 Greenwich Village Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 Wilson Art Art Direction 58
Average
1944 Home in Indiana Art Art Direction 58
Average
1944 The Eve of St. Mark Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 Pin Up Girl Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 Buffalo Bill Art Art Direction 58
Average
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 The Purple Heart Art Art Direction 58
Average
1944 The Fighting Sullivans Art Art Direction 59
Average
1944 Lifeboat Art Art Direction 65
Fair
1944 The Lodger Art Art Direction 59
Average
1943 The Gang's All Here Art Art Direction 58
Average
1943 Jane Eyre Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1943 The Song of Bernadette Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1943 Happy Land Art Art Direction 58
Average
1943 Guadalcanal Diary Art Art Direction 58
Average
1943 Wintertime Art Art Direction 58
Average
1943 Holy Matrimony Art Art Direction 59
Average
1943 Heaven Can Wait Art Art Direction 61
Fair
1943 Stormy Weather Art Art Direction 59
Average
1943 Jitterbugs Art Art Direction 58
Average
1943 They Came to Blow Up America Art Art Direction 59
Average
1942 The Black Swan Art Art Direction 59
Average
1942 The Ox-Bow Incident Art Art Direction 66
Fair
1942 Thunder Birds Art Art Direction 59
Average
1942 Moontide Art Art Direction 59
Average
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Art Art Direction 59
Average
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. Art Art Direction 58
Average
1941 Tobacco Road Art Art Direction 59
Average
1940 The Long Voyage Home Art Art Direction 59
Average
1940 The Westerner Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1939 Raffles Art Art Direction 58
Average
1939 The Real Glory Art Art Direction 59
Average
1939 They Shall Have Music Art Art Direction 59
Average
1939 Wuthering Heights Art Art Direction 63
Fair
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady Art Assistant Art Director 58
Average
1926 The Temptress Art Settings 59
Average
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent Art Set Designer 59
Average
1926 The Devil's Circus Art Set Decoration 59
Average
1926 Dance Madness Art Art Direction N/A
N/A
1925 The Tower of Lies Art Set Decoration N/A
N/A
1925 The Circle Art Art Direction 58
Average
1925 Pretty Ladies Art Art Direction 58
Average
1925 Proud Flesh Art Settings 58
Average

Crew
1938 Blockade Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1937 The Hurricane Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1937 Dead End Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1937 History Is Made at Night Crew Special Effects 59
Average

Visual Effects
1935 China Seas Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average