David O. Selznick

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David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer and studio executive renowned for his hands-on oversight of epic productions that defined Hollywood's Golden Age., which secured the Academy Award for Best Picture and eight additional Oscars, and Rebecca (1940), the first American film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which also won Best Picture and marked Selznick's role in bringing the British auteur to Hollywood., A Star Is Born (1937), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Spellbound (1945), and Duel in the Sun (1946), often characterized by lavish production values and literary adaptations that prioritized dramatic spectacle over studio conformity.( His independent model challenged the major studios' dominance, though his perfectionism contributed to financial strains and creative clashes, such as disputes with Hitchcock over narrative control.(

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David O. Selznick (born David Selznick; May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Irving Thalberg Award at the 12th Academy Awards, Hollywood's top honor for a producer, in recognition of his shepherding Gone with the Wind through a long and troubled production and into a record-breaking blockbuster.

The son and son-in-law of movie moguls Lewis J. Selznick and Louis B. Mayer, Selznick served as head of production at R.K.O.