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