Editing David O. Selznick (section)

== Portrayals in film and television ==
Jonathan Shields, the lead character in the 1952 film ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]'', was loosely based on Selznick, to the point that Selznick contemplated suing the makers of the film for defamation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Frank |date=2016 |title=Behind the Camera on The Bad and the Beautiful |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=190980%7C190968&name=Behind-the-Camera-The-Bad-and-the-Beautiful |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145021/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=190980%7C190968&name=Behind-the-Camera-The-Bad-and-the-Beautiful |archive-date=2016-01-13 |access-date=2016-01-13 |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref>

[[Tony Curtis]] plays Selznick in the 1980 [[Television film|TV movie]] ''[[The Scarlett O'Hara War]]''.

Ron Berglas appears as Selznick in the [[Television film|TV movie]] ''[[RKO 281]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=RKO 281 {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rko_281 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302005942/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rko_281 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Toby Leonard Moore]] plays Selznick in the 2020 film ''[[Mank]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch MANK {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=[[Netflix]] |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104141919/https://www.netflix.com/title/81117189 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both films are dramatizations of the events surrounding the making of ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.

Selznick appears as a character in the second season of the anthology series [[Feud (TV series)|''Feud'']], ''[[Feud: Capote vs. The Swans|Capote vs. The Swans]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leeds |first=Sarene |date=2024-01-31 |title=How Feud's Capote, His Swans, and His Demons Compare to Real Life |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-real-story-characters-explained.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201045023/https://www.vulture.com/article/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-real-story-characters-explained.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is portrayed by actor Scott Zimmerman.