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Feb 26, 2023 · PUBLISHED 12:47 PM PT Feb. 26, 2023. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walter Mirisch, the astute and Oscar-winning film producer who oversaw such classics as “Some Like It Hot,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” has died of natural causes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Saturday. He was 101.
Feb 27, 2023 · He was 101. Mirisch died on Friday in Los Angeles, according to a statement from the academy's CEO Bill Kramer and its president Janet Yang. Advertisement. "Walter was a true visionary, both as a ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Walter Mortimer Mirisch was born in New York City on Nov. 8, 1921. After studying at City College of New York, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1942 and a graduate degree in business from Harvard in 1943. In 1947, Mirisch married Patricia Kahan, who preceded him in death.
Biography. The legendary Walter Mirisch got his start producing low-budget features for the more famous of the "Poverty Row" studios, Monogram, and served as executive producer with its subsidiary, Allied Artists, before forming an independent production company with his brother Marvin (born 1918) and half-brother Harold (born 1907) in 1957.
Feb 26, 2023 · He was 101. Mirisch died on Friday in Los Angeles, according to a statement from the academy’s CEO Bill Kramer and its president Janet Yang. “Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer ...
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 · 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.
