Darryl Zanuck ya kasance mai shirya fina-finai kuma babban jami’in ilimantarwa wanda ya taka rawar gani wajen ci gaban masana’antar fina-finan Hollywood. Ya haɗu da Hotunan 20th Century Pictures a cikin 1933, wanda daga baya ya haɗu da Fox Film Corporation ya zama Fox na 20th Century. Zanuck ya shahara da hazakarsa wajen ganowa da bunkasa sabbin hazaka, da kuma yadda yake ba da fifiko wajen shirya fina-finai masu cin nasara a kasuwa. Ya kuma kasance jigo a cikin samar da fina-finan gargajiya da dama, da suka hada da "The grapes of Wrath," "Duk Game da Hauwa'u," da "Ranar Mafi Dadewa."