Louis B. Mayer
Known for
Producing
Born
July 12, 1884
Birthplace
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Died
October 29, 1957 (aged 73)
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.
Best known work
Greed
1924
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
West of Zanzibar
1928
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Seeing Stars
1922
Hollywood
1980
Sid & Judy
2019
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009Filmography
2025
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywoodas Self (archive footage)
2022
Rat Packas Self (archive footage)
2019
Sid & Judyas Self (archive photos)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Yearas Self (archive footage)
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Storyas Self (archive footage)
2004
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMas Self (archive footage)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myselfas Self (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotelas Self (archive footage)
2003
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Moviesas Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Lifeas Self (archive footage)
1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clownas Self (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to Waras (archive footage)
1980
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factoryas Self (archive footage)
1952
Actors and Sinas Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
1940
I Take This WomanProducer
1938
Another Romance of Celluloidas Self (uncredited)
1937
1928
West of ZanzibarPresenter
1928
DetectivesProducer
1926
1926
MikePresenter
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristProducer
1925
Proud FleshPresenter