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    Walter Mirisch

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  1. 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] He won the Academy Award for Best Picture as ...

    • Walter Mortimer Mirisch, November 8, 1921, New York City, U.S.
    • Film producer
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  2. Walter Mirisch. Producer: In the Heat of the Night. 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. Most of their ...

    • November 8, 1921
    • February 24, 2023
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  4. Feb 28, 2023 · By Alex Williams. Feb. 28, 2023. Walter Mirisch, a film producer who with his two brothers ran a pioneering independent production company that helped bring to the screen a raft of canonical films ...

  5. Feb 26, 2023 · Marvin Mirisch died in 2002 at 84. Walter Mirisch was the first person to receive all three of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s highest honors: the 1968 best picture Oscar as ...

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  6. Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch obituary. Producer whose trust in his film-makers led to a string of popular, Oscar-nominated movies. Ronald Bergan. Sun 26 Feb 2023 11.19 EST. Last modified on Mon 6 Mar 2023 15.10 ...

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  7. 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 ...

  8. Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, Former Academy President and ‘In the Heat of the Night’ Producer, Dies at 101 ... “He achieved so much in life and in the industry — if you live to be 101 and produced ...

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