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Personal Info
Known For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 12, 1884
Died
October 29, 1957 (73 years old)
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
- L. B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
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.
