James Basevi
Personal Info
Know For
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-09-21 (72 years old)
Deathday
1962-03-27
Place of Birth
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Also known As
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James Basevi
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 ...
Production
1955
as Production Design
1943
as Art Direction
1945
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1926
as Art Direction
1953
as Art Direction
1948
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1938
as Assistant Art Director
1953
as Art Direction
1925
as Settings
1938
as Special Effects
1943
as Art Direction
1926
as Settings
1943
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1925
as Set Decoration
1944
as Art Direction
1952
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1937
as Special Effects
1937
as Special Effects
1939
as Art Direction
1938
as Special Effects
1939
as Art Direction
1939
as Art Direction
1939
as Art Direction
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as Art Direction
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as Art Direction
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as Art Direction
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as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1942
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1925
as Art Direction
1925
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1948
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1926
as Set Designer
1937
as Special Effects
1940
as Art Direction
1926
as Set Decoration
1944
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1950
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1956
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1949
as Art Direction
1950
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1935
as Visual Effects
1947
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1947
as Art Direction
1946
as Art Direction
1942
as Art Direction
1949
as Art Direction
1943
as Art Direction
1944
as Art Direction
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