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David O Selznick

David O. Selznick

Producer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, he got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production. His years at RKO were fruitful, and he worked on many films, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), What Price Hollywood? (1932), Rockabye (1932), Bird of Paradise (1932), Our Betters (1933), and King Kong (1933). While at RKO, he also gave George Cukor his directing break. In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, Louis B. Mayer, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for David, parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all star cast movie Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Selznick went on to make more films at MGM, Paramount and RKO, but he wanted more independence and formed Selznick International Pictures in 1935. Here he produced classics such as Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. The closest he came to matching the film was with Duel in the Sun (1946) featuring future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval because of the then risqué script written by Selznick. And though it was a troublesome shoot with a number of directors, the film would be a major success. The film was the second highest-grossing film of 1947 and was the first movie that Martin Scorsese saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.

Born: May 10, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: June 22, 1965 (Age 63)

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David O. Selznick  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.9
ActorSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
Movie
7.4
ActorSelf (archive footage)1999
TV Show
7.7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1948-1971
TV Show
7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1953
Short Film
7.5
ActorSelf1940
Movie
7.6
ActorSelf (archive footage)2009
Movie
6.9
ActorSelf (archive footage)1996
Movie
6.5
ActorSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1969
Movie
6.4
ActorSelf (archive footage)1972
Movie
8.3
ActorSelf (archive footage)1988
Movie
6.6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.6
ProductionProducer1957
Movie
7.5
ProductionProducer, Writer1937
Movie
7.6
ProductionProducer1935
Movie
6.9
ProductionProducer1935
Movie
5.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.3
ProductionAssociate Producer1929
Movie
6.1
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
7
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
7.1
ProductionProducer1935
Movie
7.3
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay, Producer1946
Movie
7.9
CrewThanks1944
Movie
6.7
ProductionProducer1950
Movie
8.1
ProductionProducer1939
Movie
6.6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.9
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1953
Movie
6.8
ProductionProducer1939
Movie
5.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
7.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
7.2
ProductionProducer1936
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
6.3
ProductionProducer1939
Movie
7.2
ProductionProducer1934
Movie
5.4
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
6.7
ProductionProducer1937
Movie
5.9
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
7.5
ProductionProducer1948
Movie
8.2
ProductionProducer1940
Movie
6.2
ProductionProducer, Story1935
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.4
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.9
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
7.3
WritingScreenplay, Producer1944
Movie
7.6
ProductionProducer1945
Movie
6.4
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.2
ProductionProducer1930
Movie
6.4
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
5.9
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.8
ProductionProducer1938
Movie
5.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.1
ProductionProducer1932
Movie
6.1
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.6
ProductionAssociate Producer1929
Movie
6.8
ProductionAssociate Producer1929
Movie
5.7
ProductionProducer1936
Movie
5.9
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.2
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
7
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.3
ProductionProducer, Screenplay1947
Movie
6.7
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.3
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
7.7
ProductionProducer1937
Movie
5.1
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.5
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
8.2
ProductionProducer, Executive Producer1949
Movie
7.1
ProductionProducer1938
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.5
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
6.1
ProductionProducer1934
Movie
5.1
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
5.5
ProductionProducer1929
Movie
5.6
ProductionExecutive Producer1932
Movie
7.3
EditingEditor1928
Movie
6.8
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
5
ProductionExecutive Producer1933
Movie
6.6
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
5.9
ProductionProducer1933
Movie
6
ProductionProducer1919
Short Film
5.1
ProductionProducer1944
Short Film
5.4
DirectingDirector1923
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