Louis B. Mayer
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
- Production
- Born
- 1884-07-12 · Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
- Died
- 1957-10-29
Known for
- Greed (1924) — Executive Producer
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Producer
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924) — Presenter
- West of Zanzibar (1928) — Presenter
- 1925 Studio Tour (1925) — Self
- Seeing Stars (1922) — Self
- Hollywood (1980) — Self (archive footage, uncredited)
- Sid & Judy (2019) — Self (archive photos)
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) — Self (archive footage)
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) — Self (archive footage)
- I Take This Woman (1940) — Producer
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) — Self (archive footage)
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) — Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) — Self (archive footage)
- Actors and Sin (1952) — Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood (2025) — Self (archive footage)