James Basevi
Art
🎂 1890-09-21
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
Art (73)
Art Direction
1956
Art Direction
1942
Production Design
1955
Art Direction
1945
Art Direction
1939
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1949
Art Direction
1948
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1950
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1940
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1948
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1949
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1953
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1944
Assistant Art Director
1938
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1942
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1941
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1953
Art Direction
1940
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1942
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1939
Art Direction
1941
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1939
Art Direction
1925
Settings
1926
Art Direction
1939
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1942
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1952
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1943
Set Designer
1926
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1943
Art Direction
1950
Art Direction
1925
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1946
Art Direction
1944
Settings
1925
Art Direction
1944
Art Direction
1947
Art Direction
1926
Art Direction
1943
Set Decoration
1925
Set Decoration
1926
Art Direction
1947
