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James Basevi was an English art director and special effects artist who worked in the film industry from the 1920s to the 1950s. He was born on 11 June 1890 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He began his career as an assistant art director in the 1920s, and went on to become a full art director in the 1930s. He worked on a number of films, including The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), The Four Feathers (1939), and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also worked on the classic horror film The Wolf Man (1941). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on The Four Feathers. He died on 28 April 1956 in London, England.

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Occupation art_director,special_effects,art_department
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 11 June 1890
Birthday 11 June
Birthplace Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Date of death 27 March, 1962
Died Place Bellflower, California, USA
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Louisa G. Merriman (? - 27 March 1962) ( his death)
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1946

He also excelled at conveying strikingly convincing images of the Old West, as in My Darling Clementine (1946) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).

1945

Selznick, he also famously worked with Salvador Dalí on Hitchcock's thriller Spellbound (1945), transferring Dali's paintings for the dream sequence onto film and creating an 'artistically compelling' atmosphere.

1943

His crowning achievement was winning the Academy Award for art direction for The Song of Bernadette (1943) (sharing the honours with William S. Darling. On loan to David O.

1941

In 1941, he moved to 20th Century Fox, first as supervising art director, becoming head of the art department by 1945.

1939

Basevi received his first full credit as art director for Raffles (1939).

1937

Nugent of the New York Times was so impressed that he referred to it as the 'Basevi Hurricane' blasting an audience "from the orchestra pit to the first mezzanine"(November 10,1937).

1936

He was at United Artists from 1936 to 1940, doing more sterling special effects work (with Alexander Golitzen and Richard Day) on the storm sequences of The Hurricane (1937). For this, he built a 600-foot set of a tropical island to be drowned by thousands of carefully manipulated gallons of water. Reviewer Frank S.

1925

Basevi was under contract at MGM from 1925 to 1929 and, again, in the mid-30's, his earthquake scenes from San Francisco (1936) earning him a well-deserved reputation as one of the top craftsmen in the field.

1924

James Basevi saw military service with the 2nd Canadian Division during the First World War and fought at the Battle of Amiens as a machine gunner. He attained the rank of major and was decorated and mentioned in dispatches. After being demobilized, he first returned to Canada, then settled in the United States. In 1924, he joined the fledgling MGM company, first to design sets, then as a special effects director, often in collaboration with Cedric Gibbons and A. Arnold Gillespie.

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