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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 ]
Walter Mirisch was in charge of production at the studio when it made Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Love in the Afternoon (1957). The Mirisch Company was founded in 1957 [ 2 ] at which time it signed a 12-picture deal with United Artists (UA) that was extended to 20 films two years later.
Walter Bernstein: 1919–2021: 101: American screenwriter and film producer [21] Pappukutty Bhagavathar: 1913–2020: 107: Indian actor and singer [22] Stella Bloch: 1897–1999: 101: American dancer [23] Susanna Bokoyni: 1879–1984: 105: Hungarian circus performer [24] Margaret Booth: 1898–2002: 104: American film editor [25] Osmond ...
Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of many highly regarded films in the 1950s and '60s, including the Oscar-winning "In the Heat of the Night ...
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.
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In the late 1960s, Lorimar Productions was founded with the aid of a bank loan of $185,000 from Adelson. Prior to Lorimar, Rich had an established reputation first as an advertising executive at Benton & Bowles, then as a television producer, co-producing (with Walter Mirisch) successful series such as The Rat Patrol.