David O. Selznick

Born

May 10, 1902

Died

June 22, 1965 (aged 63)

Known as

film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur, executive producer, film director, director

David Oliver Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Irving Thalberg Award at the 12th Academy Awards, Hollywood's top honor for a producer, in recognition of his shepherding Gone with the Wind through a long and troubled production and into a record-breaking blockbuster.

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