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Walter Mortimer Mirisch (November 8, 1921 – February 24, 2023) was an American film producer. He was the president and executive head of production of The Mirisch Corporation , an independent film production company which he formed in 1957 with his brother, Marvin , and half-brother, Harold . [1]
Feb 28, 2023 · Walter Mortimer Mirisch was born on Nov. 8, 1921, in Manhattan, one of two sons of Max Mirisch, a tailor from Krakow, Poland, and Josephine (Urbach) Mirisch. (Harold was one of Max Mirisch’s ...
Walter Mirisch and brothers Marvin Mirisch and Harold Mirisch were one of the most successful producing teams in Hollywood history. Their Mirisch Company produced such diverse hits as Some Like It Hot (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink Panther (1963) and many others.
Feb 25, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, Oscar-Winning Producer of ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ Dies at 101. He served as Academy president for four terms in the 1970s and is the only person to receive the best picture ...
Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch in Hollywood in 2009. Photograph: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Walter’s father, Max, who was born in Kraków, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, emigrated to the US in 1891 as a ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Walter Mortimer Mirisch was born in New York City on Nov. 8, 1921. After studying at City College of New York, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1942 ...
Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, a former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an Oscar-winning producer for “In the Heat of the Night,” died Feb. 24 in Los Angeles of natural ...
