Selznick was the son of David O. Selznick, who produced “Gone With the Wind” when his son was 3; and Irene Mayer Selznick, a Broadway producer and the daughter of the movie magnate Louis B. Mayer.
Raised in Beverly Hills, Selznick graduated from Harvard University and later studied at Brandeis University and the University of Geneva. He too made a career in entertainment, holding a production executive role at Universal Studios for four years. He and his older brother Jeffrey, who died in 1997, produced a documentary called “The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind,’” about their father’s greatest work.
