David O. Selznick

Born

1902

Died

1965

From

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA·Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height

1.85 m (6'1")

Also:
Writer

Credits on file

Decades active

Awards

In short · Produced for 11 decades — 78 credits, 1 Academy Award win.

Remembered for

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Recent & in release

2028
In release
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
1939
Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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Biography

David O. Selznick was a son of the silent movie producer Lewis J. Selznick. David studied at Columbia University until his father lost his fortune in the 1920s. David started work as an MGM script reader, shortly followed by becoming an assistant to Harry Rapf. He left MGM to work at Paramount then RKO. He was back at MGM in 1933 after marrying Irene Mayer Selznick the daughter of Louis B. Mayer. In 1936, he finally set up his own production company, Selznick International. Three directors and fifteen scriptwriters later, Gone with the Wind (1939) was released.