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David O. Selznick (1902–1965)

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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... See full bio »

Born:

David Selznick
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 63) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Best Actress Vivien Leigh appears with Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick at the 12th Academy Awards.
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1957 A Farewell to Arms (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1954 Autumn in Rome (short) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1952 The Wild Heart (producer)
 
1950 Gone to Earth (executive producer)
 
1949 The Third Man (producer - uncredited)
 
1948 Portrait of Jennie (producer)
 
1947 The Paradine Case (producer - uncredited)
 
1946 Duel in the Sun (producer)
 
1946 American Creed (short) (producer)
 
1945 Spellbound (producer)
 
1944 I'll Be Seeing You (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1944 The Fighting Generation (documentary short) (producer)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (producer)
 
1944 Reward Unlimited (short) (producer)
 
1940 Rebecca (producer)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (producer)
 
1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story (producer)
 
1939 Made for Each Other (producer)
 
1938 The Young in Heart (producer)
 
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (producer)
 
1937 Nothing Sacred (producer)
 
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda (producer)
 
1937 A Star Is Born (producer)
 
1936 The Garden of Allah (producer)
 
1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy (producer)
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities (producer)
 
1935 Anna Karenina (producer)
 
1935 Reckless (producer)
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story (producer)
 
1935 David Copperfield (producer)
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama (producer)
 
1934 Viva Villa! (producer)
 
1933 Dancing Lady (executive producer)
 
1933 Meet the Baron (producer)
 
1933 Night Flight (executive producer)
 
1933 Dinner at Eight (producer - uncredited)
 
1933 Cross Fire (producer - uncredited)
 
1933 Sweepings (producer)
 
1933 Scarlet River (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1933 Christopher Strong (producer)
 
1933 King Kong (executive producer)
 
1933 Our Betters (producer)
 
1933 The Great Jasper (producer)
 
1933/I Topaze (producer)
 
1933 Lucky Devils (executive producer)
 
1933 The Cheyenne Kid (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1933 The Past of Mary Holmes (executive producer)
 
1933 No Other Woman (executive producer)
 
1932 The Animal Kingdom (producer)
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth (executive producer)
 
1932 Penguin Pool Murder (executive producer)
 
1932 Secrets of the French Police (executive producer)
 
1932 Men of America (executive producer)
 
1932 Renegades of the West (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1932 Rockabye (executive producer)
 
1932 The Conquerors (executive producer)
 
1932 The Sport Parade (executive producer)
 
1932 Little Orphan Annie (executive producer)
 
1932 The Phantom of Crestwood (executive producer)
 
1932 A Bill of Divorcement (executive producer)
 
1932 Hell's Highway (executive producer)
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail (executive producer)
 
1932 The Most Dangerous Game (executive producer)
 
1932 Thirteen Women (executive producer)
 
1932 The Age of Consent (executive producer)
 
1932 Bird of Paradise (executive producer)
 
1932 Beyond the Rockies (producer - uncredited)
 
1932 Roar of the Dragon (executive producer)
 
1932 What Price Hollywood? (executive producer)
 
1932 Is My Face Red? (executive producer)
 
1932 Westward Passage (executive producer)
 
1932 State's Attorney (executive producer)
 
1932 The Roadhouse Murder (executive producer)
 
1932 Symphony of Six Million (executive producer)
 
1932 Young Bride (executive producer)
 
1932 Girl Crazy (executive producer)
 
1932 The Lost Squadron (executive producer)
 
1930 Street of Chance (producer)
 
1929 The Dance of Life (associate producer)
 
1929 The Four Feathers (associate producer)
 
1929 The Man I Love (associate producer)
 
1929 Betrayal (associate producer)
 
1929 Chinatown Nights (associate producer)
 
1924 Roulette (producer)
 
1923 Will He Conquer Dempsey? (documentary short) (producer)
 
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1957 A Farewell to Arms (presenter)
 
1952 Carrie (actor arrangement: Jennifer Jones)
 
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (Gregory Peck by arrangement with)
 
1949 Sands of Iwo Jima (John Agar by arrangement with)
 
1949 Under Capricorn (actor arrangement: Mr. Cotten)
 
1949 The Third Man (presented by)
 
1949 Madame Bovary (appear by arrangement with: Miss Jones, Mr. Jourdan and Mr. Kent)
 
1949 We Were Strangers (Jennifer Jones by arrangement with)
 
1948 Portrait of Jennie (presenter)
 
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman (Louis Jordan by arrangement with)
 
1948 The Miracle of the Bells (actor arrangement: Valli)
 
1947 The Paradine Case (presents: his production)
 
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (actor arrangement: Miss Temple)
 
1946 Duel in the Sun (presenter: his production in Technicolor of)
 
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's (Miss Bergman appears by arrangement with)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (fill-in director - uncredited, presenter)
 
1944 Gaslight (special advisor - uncredited)
 
1943 The Song of Bernadette (Jennifer Jones appears by arrangement with)
 
1940 Rebecca (presenter - uncredited)
 
1928 Forgotten Faces (supervisor)
 
Show ShowWriter (10 titles)
1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV documentary)
 
1948 Portrait of Jennie (uncredited)
 
1947 The Paradine Case (screen play)
 
1946 Duel in the Sun (screenplay)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (screenplay)
 
1937 Nothing Sacred (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1937 A Star Is Born (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1936 Public Enemy's Wife (uncredited)
 
1936 Dracula's Daughter (suggestion / as Oliver Jeffries)
 
1935 Reckless (from a story by / as Oliver Jeffries)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1946 Duel in the Sun (uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (uncredited)
 
1923 Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties (documentary short)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (2 titles)
1928 Wyoming (production supervisor)
 
1927 Spoilers of the West (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1928 Forgotten Faces
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)
 
1950 The White Tower (Miss Valli's services by arrangement with)
 
1949 A Kiss for Corliss (special thanks: Miss Temple's Appearance)
 
1947 Dishonored Lady (special thanks: arrangement for Stevenson)
 
1945 The Affairs of Susan (acknowledgment: Miss Fontaine's services obtained by arrangement with)
 
1944 Gaslight (acknowledgment: Miss Bergman and Mr. Cotten through courtesy of)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1957 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
Himself
– Hollywood Around the World (1957) … Himself
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– William Wellman (1954) … Himself
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.36 (1954) … Himself
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
 
1941 Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (short)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself (as David Selznick)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2009 Der Klang Hollywoods - Max Steiner & seine Erben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Shadowing the Third Man (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Himself - Producer of 'Gone with the Wind'
 
1985 America Censored (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
Himself - film clips
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 8 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Oliver Jeffries | David Selznick

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Very few people have mastered the art of enjoying their wealth. I have mastered the art, and therefore spend time enjoying myself. See more »

Trivia:

Selznick was famed for his long, detailed and incredibly involved -- and, to many of the people who received them, maddening -- memos sent to many different people during the production of a film, not just the director or writer but cameramen, editors, and pretty much anyone who had anything to do with the picture... See more »

Trademark:

His ubiquitous memos. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus