David O. Selznick(1902-1965)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Writer
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.
