Sam Zimbalist

Sam Zimbalist was an American producer and editor born on March 31, 1904, in New York City, New York (United States), and died on November 4, 1958, in Rome, Italy. He joined Metro Pictures Corporation in 1920 as an editor, which merged with Goldwin Pictures and Mayer Pictures in 1924 to become Me... More

Sam Zimbalist was an American producer and editor born on March 31, 1904, in New York City, New York (United States), and died on November 4, 1958, in Rome, Italy. He joined Metro Pictures Corporation in 1920 as an editor, which merged with Goldwin Pictures and Mayer Pictures in 1924 to become Metro Goldwin Mayer. In 1929, he became an assistant producer and then executive producer in 1936 for MGM. He notably produced such epic films as Quo Vadis and Ben-Hur that would become American cinema classics. Sam Zimbalist died of a heart attack at Cinecittà, two months before the end of filming on Ben-Hur.