David O. Selznick

Produtor, Escritor, Diretor, Editor, Ator

10 de maio de 1902 — 22 de junho de 1965 (63 anos)
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David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture.

In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, he got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production.

His years at RKO were fruitful, and he worked on many films, including A Bill of Divorcement (1932), What Price Hollywood? (1932), Rockabye (1932), Bird of Paradise (1932), Our Betters (1933), and King Kong (1933). While at RKO, he also gave George Cukor his directing break. In 1933 he returned to MGM where his father-in-law, Louis B. Mayer, was studio CEO. Mayer established a second prestige production unit for David, parallel to that of powerful Irving Thalberg, who was in poor health. Selznick's unit output included the all star cast movie Dinner at Eight (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), and A Tale of Two Cities (1935).

Selznick went on to make more films at MGM, Paramount and RKO, but he wanted more independence and formed Selznick International Pictures in 1935. Here he produced classics such as Gone with the Wind. Gone with the Wind overshadowed the rest of Selznick's career. Later, he was convinced that he had wasted his life trying to outdo it. The closest he came to matching the film was with Duel in the Sun (1946) featuring future wife Jennifer Jones in the role of the primary character Pearl. With a huge budget, the film is known for causing moral upheaval because of the then risqué script written by Selznick. And though it was a troublesome shoot with a number of directors, the film would be a major success. The film was the second highest-grossing film of 1947 and was the first movie that Martin Scorsese saw, inspiring Scorsese's own directorial career.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • O 3º Homem
    O 3º Homem1949
  • Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas
    Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas1932
  • Nasce Uma Estrela
    Nasce Uma Estrela1937
  • Nada é Sagrado
    Nada é Sagrado1937
  • Nascidos para Casar
    Nascidos para Casar1939
  • Quando a Mulher Erra
    Quando a Mulher Erra1953
  • Intermezzo: Uma História de Amor
    Intermezzo: Uma História de Amor1939
  • O Pequeno Lorde
    O Pequeno Lorde1936
  • Ave do Paraíso
    Ave do Paraíso1932
  • Pouco Amor não é Amor
    Pouco Amor não é Amor1932
  • Hell's Highway
    Hell's Highway1932

Conhecido Por

  • ...E o Vento Levou
    ...E o Vento Levou1939
  • Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível
    Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível1940
  • O 3º Homem
    O 3º Homem1949
  • King Kong
    King Kong1933
  • Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas
    Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas1932
  • Duelo ao Sol
    Duelo ao Sol1946
  • Agonia de Amor
    Agonia de Amor1947
  • Nasce Uma Estrela
    Nasce Uma Estrela1937
  • Jantar às Oito
    Jantar às Oito1933
  • O Retrato de Jennie
    O Retrato de Jennie1948
  • Nada é Sagrado
    Nada é Sagrado1937
  • A Queda da Bastilha
    A Queda da Bastilha1935
  • Anna Karenina
    Anna Karenina1935
  • Desde Que Partiste
    Desde Que Partiste1944
  • O Prisioneiro de Zenda
    O Prisioneiro de Zenda1937
  • Vencido pela Lei
    Vencido pela Lei1934
  • David Copperfield
    David Copperfield1935
  • Nascidos para Casar
    Nascidos para Casar1939
  • Quando a Mulher Erra
    Quando a Mulher Erra1953
  • Adeus às Armas
    Adeus às Armas1957

Filmography

1957
1954
1953
Indiscretion of an American Wife · as Executive ProducerNo Plex
1950
The Wild Heart · as Executive Producer
1949
The Third Man · as Executive ProducerNo Plex
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
I'll Be Seeing You · as Executive Producer
1944
1940
1939
1939
IntermezzoNo Plex
1939
1938
1938
1937
1937
1937
1936
1936
1935
1935
1935
1935
1935
1934
1934
1933
1933
Dancing Lady · as Executive Producer
1933
1933
Night Flight · as Executive Producer
1933
1933
1933
King Kong · as Executive Producer
1933
1933
1933
Scarlet River · as Executive Producer
1933
1933
Lucky Devils · as Executive Producer
1933
The Cheyenne Kid · as Executive Producer
1933
No Other Woman · as Executive Producer
1932
1932
The Half-Naked Truth · as Executive Producer
1932
Penguin Pool Murder · as Executive Producer
1932
Secrets of the French Police · as Executive Producer
1932
Rockabye · as Executive Producer
1932
Men of America · as Executive Producer
1932
Renegades of the West · as Executive Producer
1932
The Conquerors · as Executive Producer
1932
The Sport Parade · as Executive Producer
1932
1932
The Phantom of Crestwood · as Executive Producer
1932
A Bill of Divorcement · as Executive Producer
1932
Hell's Highway · as Executive ProducerNo Plex
1932
The Most Dangerous Game · as Executive ProducerNo Plex
1932
Hold 'Em Jail · as Executive Producer
1932
Thirteen Women · as Executive Producer
1932
1932
The Age of Consent · as Executive Producer
1932
Bird of Paradise · as Executive ProducerNo Plex
1932
Roar of the Dragon · as Executive Producer
1932
What Price Hollywood? · as Executive Producer
1932
Is My Face Red? · as Executive Producer
1932
Westward Passage · as Executive Producer
1932
State's Attorney · as Executive Producer
1932
The Roadhouse Murder · as Executive Producer
1932
Symphony of Six Million · as Executive Producer
1932
Young Bride · as Executive Producer
1932
Girl Crazy · as Executive Producer
1932
The Lost Squadron · as Executive Producer
1930
1929
The Dance of Life · as Associate Producer
1929
The Four Feathers · as Associate Producer
1929
1929
Chinatown Nights · as Associate Producer
1919

1954
1948
1947
The Paradine Case · as Screenplay
1946
Duel in the Sun · as Screenplay
1944
Since You Went Away · as Screenplay
1937
Nothing Sacred · as Contributing WriterNo Plex
1937
1936

2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance · as Self (archive Footage)
2021
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year · as Self (archive Footage)
2005
2004
1999
1998
1997
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered · as Self (archive Footage)
1990
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind · as Self (archive Footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory · as Self (archive Footage)
1969
Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Self (archive Footage)
1954
The 26th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1953
1950
1948

1936
Dracula's Daughter · as Suggestion
1935
Reckless · as Story