British born art director and special effects expert James Basevi began his film industry career in 1924 at MGM. Prior to that he had served in the British army. At MGM, he designed sets for silent films, often working with Cedric Gibbons. With the advent of sound films, he became head of the MGM special effects department where he did spectacular special effects like the earthquake scene in San Francisco (1936). In 1937 he began working for Fox. There he did the storm sequence in John Ford's The Hurricane. Two years later he returned to art direction and began working on some of Fox's most distinguished films. In 1943, he shared an Oscar with William Darling for their art direction of The Song of Bernadette.
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The Searchers
Art Director |
1956 | |||
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East of Eden
Art Director |
1955 | |||
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Battle Circus
Art Director |
1953 | |||
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Island in the Sky
Production Designer |
1953 | |||
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Just This Once
Art Director |
1952 | |||
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My Man and I
Art Director |
1952 | |||
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Across the Wide Missouri
Art Director |
1951 | |||
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Night into Morning
Art Director |
1951 | |||
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The People Against O'Hara
Art Director |
1951 | |||
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To Please a Lady
Art Director |
1950 | |||
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Wagon Master
Art Director |
1950 | |||
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Art Director |
1949 | |||
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Fort Apache
Art Director |
1948 | |||
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The Three Godfathers
Art Director |
1948 | |||
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Captain from Castile
Art Director |
1947 | |||
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The Brasher Doubloon
Art Director |
1947 | |||
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The Homestretch
Art Director |
1947 | |||
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The Late George Apley
Art Director |
1947 | |||
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Art Director |
1947 | |||
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13 Rue Madeleine
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Duel in the Sun
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Home Sweet Homicide
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Johnny Comes Flying Home
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Margie
Production Designer |
1946 | |||
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My Darling Clementine
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Somewhere in the Night
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Strange Triangle
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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The Dark Corner
Art Director |
1946 | |||
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Spellbound
Production Designer |
1945 | |||
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Bermuda Mystery
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Buffalo Bill
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Four Jills in a Jeep
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Greenwich Village
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Home in Indiana
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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In the Meantime, Darling
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Jane Eyre
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Ladies of Washington
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Lifeboat
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Pin-Up Girl
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Roger Touhy, Gangster!
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Tampico
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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The Eve of St. Mark
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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The Keys of the Kingdom
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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The Lodger
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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The Purple Heart
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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The Sullivans
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Wilson
Art Director |
1944 | |||
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Claudia
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Guadalcanal Diary
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Heaven Can Wait
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Holy Matrimony
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Jitterbugs
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Paris After Dark
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Stormy Weather
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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The Dancing Masters
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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The Gang's All Here
Production Designer |
1943 | |||
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The Happy Land
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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The Moon Is Down
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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The Ox-Bow Incident
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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The Song of Bernadette
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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Wintertime
Art Director |
1943 | |||
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Art Director |
1942 | |||
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Moontide
Art Director |
1942 | |||
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Son of Fury
Art Director |
1942 | |||
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The Black Swan
Art Director |
1942 | |||
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Thunder Birds
Art Director |
1942 | |||
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
Art Director |
1941 | |||
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Tobacco Road
Art Director |
1941 | |||
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The Long Voyage Home
Production Designer |
1940 | |||
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The Westerner
Art Director |
1940 | |||
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Raffles
Art Director |
1939 | |||
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The Real Glory
Art Director |
1939 | |||
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They Shall Have Music
Art Director |
1939 | |||
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Wuthering Heights
Production Designer |
1939 | |||
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Blockade
Special Effects |
1938 | |||
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
Special Effects |
1938 | |||
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Art Director |
1938 | |||
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Dead End
Special Effects |
1937 | |||
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The Hurricane
Special Effects |
1937 | |||
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San Francisco
Special Effects |
1936 | |||
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The Mysterious Island
Special Effects |
1929 | |||
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Love's Blindness
Set Designer |
1926 | |||
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The Temptress
Production Designer, Set Designer |
1926 | |||
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Soul Mates
Set Designer |
1925 | |||
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The Big Parade
Art Director |
1925 | |||
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The Tower of Lies
Set Designer |
1925 |






