Louis B. 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.
Acting (14 movies)
Seeing Stars
1922
Sid & Judy
2019
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Rat Pack
2022
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Actors and Sin
1952
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Always in the Way | 1915 | Producer |
| Barbara Frietchie | 1915 | Producer |
| Dimples | 1916 | Producer |
| Lovely Mary | 1916 | Producer |
| The Great Secret | 1917 | Producer |
| Virtuous Wives | 1918 | Producer |
| A Midnight Romance | 1919 | Producer |
| Mary Regan | 1919 | Producer |
| Her Kingdom of Dreams | 1919 | Producer |
| Human Desire | 1919 | Producer |
| The Fighting Shepherdess | 1920 | Producer |
| Harriet and the Piper | 1920 | Producer |
| Playthings of Destiny | 1921 | Producer |
| The Woman He Married | 1922 | Producer |
| Rose o' the Sea | 1922 | Producer |
| Strangers of the Night | 1923 | Producer |
| Thy Name Is Woman | 1924 | Producer |
| Wine of Youth | 1924 | Producer |
| Greed | 1924 | Executive Producer |
| Man and Maid | 1925 | Producer |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 1925 | Producer |
| Detectives | 1928 | Producer |
| I Take This Woman | 1940 | Producer |