The present invention discloses a display device and a method of manufacturing the display device to solve a problem in the prior art that the light transmittance of the displaying light in the display device is very low. In the present invention, the display device comprises a first substrate formed with at least one metal pattern thereon, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a polarizer provided on an outer side of the second substrate far away from the first substrate. An area of an overlapping region between the metal pattern and a pixel display zone is less than an area of the pixel display zone. The polarizer comprises a light absorption layer fully covering the at least one metal pattern. An area of an overlapping region between the light absorption layer of the polarizer and the pixel display zone is less than the area of the pixel display zone. In the present invention, it increases the light transmittance of the displaying light in the OLED display device.