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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] He won the Academy Award for Best Picture as ...
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 ...
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, 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 ...
Feb 26, 2023 · 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 producer of “In the Heat of the Night ...
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Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch arrives at 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival's Opening Night Gala at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2014, in Los Angeles. Mirisch, the astute and Oscar winning film producer who ...
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Feb 26, 2023 · Mirisch was a member of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, served four terms as Academy President from 1973-1977 and 15 years as an Academy governor. Mirisch led numerous initiatives to evolve and secure a successful future for the organization, including establishing a new headquarters for the Academy in Beverly Hills.
