Gordon Hollingshead (January 8, 1892, inGarfield, New Jersey – July 8, 1952, inBalboa Island, California) was an Americanfilm producer,associate producer andassistant director. He holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations in theBest Live Action Short Film category (20 nominations).

Hollingshead began his career as an assistant director, with his first work being the1916 filmThe Shrine Girl, in which he also had an acting role. Through thesilent film era, Hollingshead assisted in the direction of thirteen films, and continued as an assistant director until1934. He joinedWarner Bros. in 1921, where he remained until his death.^[1]

He produced his first film,Morocco Nights, in 1934. This started him on the path of producing, which would lead to enormous success. From 1934 to1953, Hollingshead produced 174 films andfilm shorts. He received sixteenOscar nominations, and won seven Oscars, including for the short filmStar in the Night and the documentary short filmHitler Lives (both 1945).^[2] In 1944, he produced the 16-minute filmI Am an American, featured in American theaters as a short feature. The film was created in connection with I Am an American Day, now calledConstitution Day and Citizenship Day. Hollingshead was the cousin of the mother of actressGene Tierney.

He was residing inBalboa Island, California at the time of his death on July 8, 1952, aged 60.^[3] Three of his short films were released posthumously in 1953.

Hollingshead's shorts can also be found as extras on DVDs of classic Warner Bros. films of the period:

• The Romance of Robert Burns is on the DVD ofHollywood Hotel
• Sons of Liberty is on the DVD ofDodge City
• Quiet, Please is on the DVD ofInvisible Stripes
• Teddy, the Rough Rider is on the DVD ofKnute Rockne, All American
• Cinderella's Feller andThe Flag of Humanity are on the DVD ofVirginia City
• Alice in Movieland is on the DVD ofThe Sea Hawk
• Pony Express Days is on the DVD ofTorrid Zone
• Henry Busse and His Orchestra is on the DVD ofBrother Orchid
• The Tanks are Coming is on the DVD ofObjective, Burma!
• At the Stroke of Twelve is on the DVD ofThe Great Lie
• The Gay Parisian is on the Blu-Ray ofThe Maltese Falcon
• Forty Boys and a Song is on the DVD ofThe Bride Came C.O.D.
• Calling All Girls is on the DVD ofThe Big Street
• Shoot Yourself Some Golf is on the DVD ofGentleman Jim
• Spanish Fiesta is on the DVD ofIn This Our Life
• Men of the Sky is on the DVD ofAcross the Pacific
• Beyond the Line of Duty is on the DVD ofYankee Doodle Dandy
• Food and Magic,The United States Navy Band andThree Cheers for the Girls are on the DVD ofThank Your Lucky Stars
• Musical Movieland andDesi Arnaz and His Orchestra are on the DVD ofNight and Day
• Proudly We Serve,Report from the Front andI Am an American are on the DVD ofHollywood Canteen
• Oklahoma Outlaws,Wagon Wheels West,Gun to Gun andSo You Want a Raise are on the DVD ofMontana
• Jammin' the Blues andI Won't Play are on the DVD ofPassage to Marseille
• Story of a Dog andFrontier Days are on the DVD ofSan Antonio
• Roaring Guns,Wells Fargo Days,Trial by Trigger andSo You Want to Move are on the DVD ofRocky Mountain
• Star in the Night is on the DVD ofChristmas in Connecticut
• The Voice that Thrilled the World andOkay for Sound are on the DVD ofThe Jazz Singer
• Cavalcade of Archery andCruise of the Zaca are on the DVD ofThe Adventures of Robin Hood
• Facing Your Danger andMovieland Magic are on the DVD ofDeception
• So You Want to Be in Pictures is on the DVD ofThe Hasty Heart
• Hollywood Wonderland is on the DVD ofTycoon
• Let's Sing a Song from the Movies is on the DVD ofRomance on the High Seas
• So You Want to Be on the Radio andCalgary Stampede are on the DVD ofAdventures of Don Juan
• So You Want to Be an Actor andThe Grass is Always Greener are on the DVD ofMy Dream Is Yours
• So You Think You're Not Guilty is on the DVD ofWhite Heat
• Grandad of Races is on the DVD ofThe West Point Story
• My Country 'Tis of Thee is on the DVD ofCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
• Desert Killer andSo You Want to Be a Bachelor are on the DVD ofStarlift
• So You Want to Learn to Dance andSo You Want a Television Set are on the DVD ofBy the Light of the Silvery Moon.

• Gordon Hollingshead atIMDb