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Lewis J. Selznick (May 2, 1870 or 1869 – January 25, 1933) was an American producer in the early years of the film industry. After initial involvement with World Film at Fort Lee, New Jersey, he established Selznick Pictures in California.
Lewis J. Selznick, one of the pioneers of studio film production and the father of Oscar-winning Gone with the Wind (1939) producer David O. Selznick, was born Lewis Zeleznik in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire, into a poor Jewish family with 18 children.
- January 1, 1
- Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 1, 1973 · Lewis J. Selznick entered the film business through a friend who owned stock in Universal Film Manufacturing and who commissioned Selznick to sell it for him to one of two men engaged in...
Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and filmmaker Lewis J. Selznick in Fort Lee, where many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in the early part of the 20th century.
Lewis J. Selznick was born around 1870 in the Russian Empire, most likely in Lithuania, rather than in Kyiv, Ukraine, as he claimed in his own publicity materials. He immigrated to the United States in 1888, first living in Pittsburgh, where he went into the jewelry business, and later New York City.
- Selznick, Lewis J.
- Lewis J. Selznick Papers
- 1896-1984 (bulk 1914-1934)
Sep 16, 2018 · While Lewis J. Selznick and his family later made their headlines from bases in New York, New Jersey, and then the West Coast, the grocer’s son started his independent life as an American citizen in Pittsburgh.
Lewis J. Selznick was born around 1870 in the Russian Empire, most likely in Lithuania, rather than in Kyiv, Ukraine, as he claimed in his own publicity materials. He
