James Basevi
Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 21, 1890
Day of Death: March 27, 1962 (72 years old)
Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Art Direction
The Purple Heart
Art Direction
Pin Up Girl
Art Direction
The Eve of St. Mark
Art Direction
Lifeboat
Art Direction
Wilson
Art Direction
Buffalo Bill
Art Direction
The Keys of the Kingdom
Art Direction
Four Jills in a Jeep
Art Direction
Greenwich Village
Art Direction
The Lodger
Art Direction
Home in Indiana
Art Direction
The Fighting Sullivans
1943
Art Direction
The Ox-Bow Incident
Art Direction
Jitterbugs
Art Direction
Guadalcanal Diary
Art Direction
They Came to Blow Up America
Art Direction
Wintertime
Art Direction
Holy Matrimony
Art Direction
Happy Land
Art Direction
The Song of Bernadette
Art Direction
Heaven Can Wait
Art Direction
Jane Eyre
Art Direction
Stormy Weather
Art Direction
The Gang's All Here
