Louis B. Mayer
Personal information
- Known for
- Production
- Known credits
- 56
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- July 12, 1884
- Died
- October 29, 1957
- Place of birth
- Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
- Also known as
- Lazar MeirLouis Burt MayerLouis MayerL.B. MayerL. B. MayerLazar Mayer
Biography
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Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Filmography
Production
25 titles
Acting
21 titles
2004
Crew
13 titles
1926
1924
1923
