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Sort by Popularity. View full company info for Mirisch Films (GB) 1. A Shot in the Dark. 1964 1h 42m Approved. 7.3 (31K) Rate. 70 Metascore. Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name.
The magnificent seven Mirisch Companies. Paul Kerr. 2020. The Mirisch Company (and its six corporate siblings) was the most commercially and critically successful independent production company in Hollywood in the late 1950s and 1960s – winning Best Picture Oscar three times between 1960 and 1967 and supplying United Artists with five of its ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Mirisch received the best picture Academy Award for 1967′s “In the Heat of the Night,” and the company run by him and his brothers also produced the best-picture Oscar winners “The ...
Feb 28, 2023 · The company found early success through its partnership with Wilder, who relished the artistic independence Mr. Mirisch granted for films including “The Apartment” and “Irma la Douce ...
The Mirisch Company, the production company he ran with his brother and half-brother, produced films that racked up a whopping 87 Academy Award nominations and 28 Oscars, including back-to-back best-picture wins for The Apartment (1960) and West Side Story (1961), as well as for In the Heat of the Night, the 1967 thriller that brought Mirisch his personal Best Picture win.
Dec 18, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, who died Feb. 24, was an active member of The UCLA Foundation board of directors for many years. He was 101. In 1989, he received the UCLA Medal, the campus’s highest honor. “The Mirisch Company (and its other entities) is arguably the most important independent film production company of the mid-20th century, especially ...
Walter M. Mirisch was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City; attended City College of New York; BA, University of Wisconsin, 1942; graduated, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1943, following his World War II service, Mirisch began producing films for Monogram Pictures; became executive producer at Allied Artists in 1951; formed an independent production company, Mirisch Company, in 1957 with his brother Marvin and half brother Harold; Mirisch Corporation's list of ...
