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David O. Selznick was a son of the silent movie producer Lewis J. Selznick. David studied at Columbia University until his father lost his fortune in the 1920s. David started work as an MGM script reader, shortly followed by becoming an assistant to Harry Rapf. He left MGM to work at Paramount then RKO.

David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was an American motion picture producer whose work consists of three short subjects, 67 feature films, and one television production made between 1923 and 1957. He was the producer of the 1939 epic Gone With the Wind. [1] Selznick was born in Pittsburgh and educated in public schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. [2]

David O. Selznick, (born May 10, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 22, 1965, Hollywood, California), American motion-picture producer who earned a reputation for commercially successful films of high artistic quality before and after World War II.

David O. Selznick was a son of the silent movie producer Lewis J. Selznick. David studied at Columbia University until his father lost his fortune in the 1920s. David started work as an MGM script reader, shortly followed by becoming an assistant to Harry Rapf. He left MGM to work at Paramount then RKO.

Best known for the film Gone With the Wind, producer David Selznick launched the careers of film legends Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, and Jennifer Jones. Many of his films from the 1930s and 1940s are considered to be classics. David Selznick was born on May 10, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.