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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 .
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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.
Cast a Long Shadow Theatrical release poster Directed by Thomas Carr Screenplay by Martin Goldsmith (as Martin M. Goldsmith) John McGreevey Story by Martin Goldsmith (as Martin M Goldsmith) Based on novel by Wayne D. Overholser Produced by Walter Mirisch (as Walter M. Mirisch) Starring Audie Murphy Terry Moore Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline Music by Gerald Fried Color process Black and white ...
Mirisch's prediction about the end of the low-budget film had come true thanks to television, and in September 1952 Monogram announced that henceforth it would only produce films bearing the Allied Artists name. The Monogram brand name was retired in 1953, and the company was now known as Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. [3]
The title of the film came to Edwards when he was asked the question by his son Geoffrey. The film was the first of what was originally intended to be six Mirisch-Geoffrey Productions between Edwards and the Mirisch Company. Edwards was paid $375,000 as producer-director plus 20% of the gross over a certain amount, and a writers' fee when ...