Louis B. Mayer

Known for: Production

Born: 1884-07-12 – 1957-10-29 (aged 73)

From: 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.

Filmography (19)

MOVIE★ 6.5
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive photos)
MOVIE★ 7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
MOVIE★ 8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Actors and Sin
1952
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
1937
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.3
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.9
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self