Louis B. Mayer

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Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

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 Meir · Louis Burt Mayer · Louis Mayer · L.B. Mayer

total credits

14 movies

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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