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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 ]
The Mirisch Company was an American film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers, Marvin and Harold Mirisch. The company also had sister firms known at various times as Mirisch Production Company , Mirisch Pictures Inc. , Mirisch Films , and The Mirisch Corporation .
For a time in the mid-1950s, the Mirisch family held great influence at Allied Artists, with Walter as executive producer, his brother Harold as head of sales, and brother Marvin as assistant treasurer. [14] They pushed the studio into big-budget filmmaking, signing contracts with William Wyler, John Huston, Billy Wilder and Gary Cooper.
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 causes.
Walter Mirisch, former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Oscar-winning producer for In the Heat of the Night, died Friday in Los Angeles of natural causes. was 101.
Walter Mirisch says in his memoirs that Edwards was enthusiastic about the film. He said stars James Coburn and Dick Shawn were "hardly big comedic box-office attractions. They were fashionable, but not the personalities who would promise an audience a big comedic romp. I think its casting certainly affected its grossing potential.
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Introducer of the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Walter Mirisch Walter Mirisch (AMPAS President) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony Joel Grey Madeline Kahn: Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress Robert Blake: Presenter of the Special Achievement Award Marisa Berenson O. J. Simpson