James Basevi


James Basevi 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. 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, The Westerner, The Gang's All Here and The Keys of the Kingdom.

Filmography

The Big Parade The Circle The Tower of Lies Soul Mates Pretty Ladies Confessions of a Queen The Devil's Circus Dance Madness Bardelys the Magnificent The Temptress 1926)The Mysterious Island Tarzan and His Mate special effectsChina Seas special effectsSan Francisco special effectsDead End special effectsHistory Is Made at Night special effectsThe Good Earth special effectsThe Hurricane special effectsThe Adventures of Marco Polo special effectsBlockade special effectsThe Cowboy and the Lady The Real Glory Wuthering Heights They Shall Have Music Raffles The Westerner The Long Voyage Home Tobacco Road A Yank in the R.A.F. Son of Fury Moontide China Girl The Black Swan Thunder Birds Guadalcanal Diary Paris After Dark The Ox-Bow Incident Sweet Rosie O'Grady Claudia They Came to Blow Up America Hello, Frisco, Hello Jitterbugs Bomber's Moon Wintertime Happy Land The Dancing Masters The Gang's All Here Stormy Weather Holy Matrimony The Gang's All Here Heaven Can Wait Jane Eyre The Moon is Down The Song of Bernadette Home in Indiana Greenwich Village In the Meantime, Darling Wilson The Eve of St. Mark Lifeboat Casanova Brown The Lodger The Fighting Sullivans The Purple Heart Four Jills in a Jeep Ladies of Washington Roger Touhy, Gangster Tampico Pin Up Girl Bermuda Mystery Buffalo Bill The Keys of the Kingdom Spellbound The Dark Corner Home, Sweet Homicide Johnny Comes Flying Home If I'm Lucky It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog Somewhere in the Night My Darling Clementine Claudia and David Margie Duel in the Sun 13 Rue Madeleine Strange Triangle Carnival in Costa Rica Thunder in the Valley The Homestretch The Late George Apley The Brasher Doubloon The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Captain from Castile Three Godfathers Fort Apache Somewhere in the Night Mighty Joe Young She Wore a Yellow Ribbon To Please a Lady Wagonmaster Night Into Morning The People Against O'Hara Across the Wide Missouri My Man and I Just This Once Island in the Sky Battle Circus East of Eden