Louis B. Mayer
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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.
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
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Sid & Judy
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Judy Garland: By Myself
Rat Pack
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Showbiz Goes to War
1925 Studio Tour
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Another Romance of Celluloid
Actors and Sin
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Seeing Stars
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
