L. Jeffrey Selznick; Producer, Son of Daniel O. Selznick

L. Jeffrey Selznick, 64, son of the legendary Daniel O. Selznick and himself a producer. The younger Selznick and his brother, Daniel, were co-executive producers of the Peabody Award-winning documentary “The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone With The Wind.’ ” The documentary inaugurated Turner Network Television and marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark film produced by the Selznicks’ late father. Jeffrey Selznick also produced the French “Longue Marche” about Resistance fighters in southwest France during World War II. In England, he produced “Breaking of Bimbo,” a comedy about a military cadet. Since 1989, Selznick had served as president of the Louis B. Mayer Foundation, set up by his maternal grandfather to support education in the arts. Among his innovative foundation programs, Selznick created the School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y. Born in Los Angeles and educated at Yale, he served on the advisory council of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. On Monday in Los Angeles of a heart attack.