Louis B. Mayer
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- July 12, 1884
- Place of birth
- Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
- Died
- October 29, 1957
Biography
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.
Movies with Louis B. Mayer
- 1925 Studio Tour 1925 · ★ 6.2
- Seeing Stars 1922 · ★ 4.9
- Sid & Judy 2019 · ★ 7.4
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006 · ★ 6.7
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009 · ★ 7.5
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995 · ★ 8.0
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM 2004 · ★ 7.5
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972 · ★ 7.4
- Actors and Sin 1952 · ★ 6.3
- Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood 2025 · ★ 6.5
- Judy Garland: By Myself 2004 · ★ 8.3
- Another Romance of Celluloid 1938 · ★ 5.3
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004 · ★ 7.0
- Rat Pack 2022 · ★ 9.0
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown 1986 · ★ 8.0
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987 · ★ 6.5
- The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention 1937 · ★ 7.5
- Showbiz Goes to War 1982 · ★ 10.0
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine 2003 · ★ 7.0
- Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood 1926