Person

Louis B. Mayer

Producer 1884-07-12 Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]

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.

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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1925 Studio Tour

1925 Studio Tour

1925 · Self

Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

1922 · Self

Hollywood

Hollywood

1980 · Self (archive footage, uncredited)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Sid & Judy

Sid & Judy

2019 · Self (archive photos)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009 · Self (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood

Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 · Self (archive footage)

Actors and Sin

Actors and Sin

1952 · Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Another Romance of Celluloid

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938 · Self (uncredited)

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022 · Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986 · Self (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 · (archive footage)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004 · Self (archive footage)

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1937 · Himself

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

2003 · Movie