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David O. Selznick

American film producer (1902–1965)
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David O. Selznick
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Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
May 10, 1902
Date of death
June 22, 1965
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Place of death
Hollywood
Country of citizenship
United States[16]
Occupation
film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur, executive producer, film director, director, writer[17][18]
Educated at
Columbia University[19]
Religion or worldview
Judaism[21]
Member of political party
Republican Party[23]
Award received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[20]
Father
Lewis J. Selznick[11]
Spouse
Irene Mayer Selznick, Jennifer Jones[12][13]
Child
L. Jeffrey Selznick, Daniel Selznick[14][15]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[25]
Nominated for
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Archives at
Harry Ransom Center[24]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Selznick[26]
Filmography
David O. Selznick filmography[29]
Given name
David[27]
Has works in the collection
Harvard Film Archive
Show all 29 facts +5
Manner of death
natural causes[28]
Name in native language
David O. Selznick[32]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Harvard Film Archive Project
Place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park[10]
Start of work period
1923[33]
🏷️ Also known as
en David O. Selznick ar ديفيد أوه سيلزنيك cs David Oliver Selznick cs David Selznick de David Oliver Selznick de David Selznick el Ντέιβιντ Ο. Σέλζνικ fa دیوید او سلزنیک he דיויד או. סלזניק he דייוויד או. סלזניק it David Selznick ja デヴィッド・O・セルズニック ko 데이비드 O. 셀즈닉 ko 데이빗 O. 셀즈닉 pt David Oliver Selznick ru Дэвид О. Селзник ru Дэвид Селзник ru Селзник, Дэвид uk Девід Олівер Селзнік uk Девід Селзнік
🔖 Identifiers · 118
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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ACMI ID
creators/71798, creators/27443
Academy Awards Database nominee ID
7709
Adelphi author ID
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AllMovie person ID
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Allcinema person ID
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AlloCiné person ID
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American Film Institute person ID
37056
American National Biography ID
1801045
Show all 118 identifiers +106
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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BabelNet ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
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DBC author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
11861312X
Danish National Filmography person ID
119902
De Agostini ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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EDb person ID
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Elonet person ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Evene ID
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FAST ID
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FID performing arts ID
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Fandango person ID
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Film.ru person ID
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Filmportal ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Genealogics.org person ID
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Geni profile ID
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George Eastman Museum people ID
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Golden ID (archived)
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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HAND ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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Interlingual Index ID
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Ivi person ID
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J9U entity ID
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JRC Names ID
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KBR person ID
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KINENOTE person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Kinopoisk person ID
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LdiF person ID
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Lex ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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LibraryThing author ID
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Libris-URI
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Livres-cinema.info author ID
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MYmovies person ID
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Munzinger person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NNDB people ID
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NUKAT ID
n02083033
National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810581951105606, 9810578122005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1276777
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
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Open Library ID
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Open Media Database person ID
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PORT person ID
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Political Graveyard politician ID
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Prabook ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RILM ID
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RedBA Granada authority ID
97353
Related category
Category:Films produced by David O. Selznick
Roglo person ID
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Scope.dk person ID
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Sinemalar person ID
30909
Swedish Film Database person ID
166513
TCM Movie Database person ID (archived)
174059
TMDB person ID
3248
TV.com ID (archived)
people/david-o-selznick
Tabakalera ID
93654
Topic's main category
Category:David O. Selznick
Trading Card Database name ID
42894
Treccani ID
david-oliver-selznick
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10582922
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058526180906706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1318138
WikiTree person ID
Selznick-2
Wikisimpsons article ID
137806
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11312197-n
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/3e053f28-517a-4047-b705-dea70b7f4e88
ČSFD person ID
233262

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🔗 Connections
← Producer 57
Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, The Third Man, King Kong, Spellbound, A Star Is Born, The Misfits, The Paradine Case +49 more
← Executive producer 13
Gone with the Wind, King Kong, Little Women, A Farewell to Arms, The Most Dangerous Game, What Price Hollywood?, Dancing Lady, A Bill of Divorcement +5 more
Films written 5
The Paradine Case, Dracula's Daughter, Duel in the Sun, Since You Went Away, Portrait of Jennie
Occupation 5
film director, screenwriter, entrepreneur, film producer, executive producer
Spouse 2
Jennifer Jones, Irene Mayer Selznick
Spouses 2
Jennifer Jones, Irene Mayer Selznick
← Distributed by 2
The Paradine Case, Portrait of Jennie
Archives at 1
Harry Ransom Center
Award received 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Columbia University
Father 1
Lewis J. Selznick
Films directed 1
Since You Went Away
Given name 1
David
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of political party 1
Republican Party
Nominated for 1
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent of 1
Lewis J. Selznick
Place of birth 1
Pittsburgh
Place of burial 1
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Place of death 1
Hollywood
Related category 1
Category:Films produced by David O. Selznick
Religion or worldview 1
Judaism
Sex or gender 1
male
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films produced by David O. Selznick
← Characters 1
Mank
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Summary

David O. Selznick was born on May 10, 1902[1], in Pittsburgh[2]. He died on June 22, 1965[3], in Hollywood[4]. He worked as a film producer[5], screenwriter[6], entrepreneur[7], executive producer[8], and film director[9].

FAQs

Where was David O. Selznick born?

David O. Selznick was born in Pittsburgh[2].

Where did David O. Selznick die?

David O. Selznick died in Hollywood[4].

Who were David O. Selznick's parents?

David O. Selznick's father was Lewis J. Selznick[11].

Who was David O. Selznick married to?

David O. Selznick's spouses include Irene Mayer Selznick[12] and Jennifer Jones[13].

What did David O. Selznick do for work?

David O. Selznick worked as a film producer[5], screenwriter[6], entrepreneur[7], executive producer[8], and film director[9].

Where did David O. Selznick go to school?

David O. Selznick was educated at Columbia University[19].

What awards did David O. Selznick receive?

Honors received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[20].

Related Entities

A Star Is Born entrepreneur Gone with the Wind Jennifer Jones King Kong Little Women Mank Rebecca Spellbound The Misfits The Paradine Case The Third Man United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Retrieved . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: other names, source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksik"
  2. 9w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Poland MMS ID → 9810581951105606, 9810578122005606
    "Created claim: National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810578122005606, batch #270889"
  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 30909
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 30909, batch #270606"
  4. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    MusicBrainz artist ID → 21f90c0c-9651-4c20-b3e0-c938b7f07847
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  5. 11w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BabelNet ID → 00025390n
    HAND ID → D985-4726-1717-41BC-322A
    Occupation → film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur +1
    Livres-cinema.info author ID → david-o-selznick
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  6. 18w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article ID → 137806
    "Created claim: Wikisimpsons article ID: 137806, Matched to David O. Selznick (#296183402) in Wikisimpsons"
  7. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0415422-Selznick-David-O-19021965
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0415422-Selznick-David-O-19021965, batch #259599"
  8. 23w ago · Nashona · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    George Eastman Museum people ID → 121043
    "Created claim: George Eastman Museum people ID: 121043, Matched to David O. Selznick (#118205903) in George Eastman…"
  9. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32152: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
  10. 26w ago · Celest · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → David O. Selznick
    "Changed claim: Name in native language: David O. Selznick, via WE-Framework gadget from ruwiki"
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