Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky · Arts & Literature
Co-founded the studio that became Paramount Pictures
1880, San Francisco, California, United States — 1958, Beverly Hills, California, United States
United States
Paramount Pictures1912Jesse L. Lasky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Co-founded the studio that became Paramount Pictures
Lasky was a pioneering film producer who co-founded, with Samuel Goldwyn and Cecil B. DeMille, the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, which through mergers became Paramount Pictures. He was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco and was among the immigrant-era Jewish entrepreneurs who built the American studio system.
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Source: Neal Gabler, 'An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood' (1988)
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Co-founded the studio that became Paramount Pictures
Source: Neal Gabler, 'An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood' (1988)
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