David O. Selznick

David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. He is best known for producing the epic blockbuster Gone with the Wind (1939) which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture. The film, one of the most popular and successful in Hollywood history also won seven additional Oscars and two special awards. Selznick also won the Irving G. Thalberg award that same year. He would make film history by winning the Best Picture Oscar a second year in a row for Rebecca (1940).

Academy Awards and Nominations

• 1946 Nominated Best Picture Spellbound
• 1945 Nominated Best Picture Since You Went Away
• 1941 Won Best Picture Rebecca
• 1940 Won Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
• 1940 Won Best Picture Gone with the Wind
• 1938 Nominated Best Picture A Star Is Born
• 1937 Nominated Best Picture A Tale of Two Cities