Louis B. Mayer
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- July 12, 1884
- Died
- October 29, 1957 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
I Take This Woman
Movie · Producer
Detectives
Movie · Producer
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · Producer
Man and Maid
Movie · Producer
Wine of Youth
Movie · Producer
Greed
Movie · Executive Producer
Thy Name Is Woman
Movie · Producer
Strangers of the Night
Movie · Producer
The Woman He Married
Movie · Producer
Rose o' the Sea
Movie · Producer
Playthings of Destiny
Movie · Producer
Habit
Movie · Producer
The Fighting Shepherdess
Movie · Producer
Harriet and the Piper
Movie · Producer
The Inferior Sex
Movie · Producer
Human Desire
Movie · Producer
A Midnight Romance
Movie · Producer
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Movie · Producer
Mary Regan
Movie · Producer
Virtuous Wives
Movie · Producer
The Great Secret
Movie · Producer
Dimples
Movie · Producer
Lovely Mary
Movie · Producer
Always in the Way
Movie · Producer
Barbara Frietchie
Movie · Producer