Daniel Selznick, producer of “The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind'” and “Blood Feud,” and the last direct link to a legendary Hollywood family, has passed away at the age of 88.
Selznick peacefully died of natural causes on Thursday at the Motion Picture Country Home retirement community in Woodland Hills, California, where he resided for many years, as confirmed by Fox News Digital.
A representative from the Motion Picture & Television Fund expressed that Selznick will be remembered for his “intellect, charisma, kindness, and generosity.”
He was the younger son of the renowned “Gone With the Wind” producer David O. Selznick and theatrical producer Irene Mayer Selznick. Additionally, he was the grandson of MGM studio co-founder Louis B. Mayer and his first wife, Margaret Shenberg Mayer.
Hollywood producer Daniel Selznick passed away at the age of 88. (Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images)
Born on May 18, 1936, Selznick grew up in Beverly Hills and graduated from Harvard University. He also studied at the University of Geneva and pursued graduate studies at Brandeis University.
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Selznick followed in the footsteps of his illustrious family and embarked on a career in the entertainment industry. He served as a production executive at Universal Studios for four years and co-produced the 1988 documentary “The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind” with his late elder brother, Jeffrey Selznick.
This documentary won a Peabody Award and highlighted the behind-the-scenes of their father’s Academy Award-winning 1939 film “Gone with the Wind,” which was produced when Jeffrey was six and Selznick was three.
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Celebrated film producer David O. Selznick with his sons Daniel and Jeffrey in 1949. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Selznick’s father produced the Oscar-winning film “Rebecca” in 1940 and a host of other classics such as “The Prisoner of Zenda,” “A Star Is Born,” “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “Spellbound,” and “Duel in the Sun.”
His mother was responsible for the original Broadway production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” featuring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy, and she was nominated for a Tony Award for producing the 1995 play “The Chalk Garden.”
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Selznick also produced TV films like “Blood Feud,” “Night Drive,” and “Reagan’s Way: Pathway to the Presidency,” which he directed, in addition to the 1987 miniseries “Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War.”
Selznick produced several acclaimed works including “Blood Feud,” “Night Drive,” “Reagan’s Way: Pathway to the Presidency,” and “Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War.” (Paul Harris/Getty Images)
Selznick held the position of director at the nonprofit Louis B. Mayer Foundation for several years and was also a successful theatrical producer, with credits that included the play “The Man with the Perfect Wife,” which starred his stepmother, Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones.
While residing at the Motion Picture Country Home, Selznick wrote a memoir reflecting on his experiences in Hollywood titled “Walking With Kings,” which is set to be published next year by Alfred Knopf.
According to his obituary, Selznick, who was married three times, has no immediate survivors.
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