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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).Filmography[edit]External links[edit]1927\u20131939Interior Decoration1940\u20131946Black & White\/ Color separate1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse \/ (c): Vincent Korda1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little \/ (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little \/ (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little \/  (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis \/ (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields \/  (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegt\u00e9, Samuel M. Comer1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes \/ (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis1947\u20131956 renamedArt Direction– Set DecorationBlack & White\/ Color separate1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton \/ (c): Alfred Junge1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon \/ (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri \/ (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer \/ (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins \/ (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason \/(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vert\u00e8s1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt \/ (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox1954 (bw): Richard Day \/ (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams \/ (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason \/ (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox1957\u201319581959\u20131966Black & White\/ Color separate1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss \/ (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle \/(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan \/ (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert \/(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni1963 (bw): Gene Callahan \/ (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos \/(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish \/(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins \/ (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss1967\u201319801967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins,  Rapha\u00ebl Bretton1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Th\u00e9venet1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O’Donovan, George Gaines1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. 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