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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. "Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer and as ...
Apr 10, 2008 · Walter Mirisch’s company has produced some of the most entertaining and enduring classics in film history, including West Side Story, Some Like It Hot, In the Heat of the Night, and The Magnificent Seven. His work has led to 87 Academy Award nominations and 28 Oscars.
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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 ...
Jun 17, 2008 · June 17, 2008 12 AM PT. Los Angeles Times Staff Writer. Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has lived the American dream. He grew up in a poor immigrant family, and despite suffering hardships ...
Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch was the first person to receive all three of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s highest honors: the 1967 best picture Oscar as producer of “In the Heat of the ...
An American film producer, whose independent production company, Mirisch Corporation, was responsible for making some of Hollywood’s greatest films. Walter Mirisch set up Mirisch Corporation with his two brothers, Marvin and Harold, in 1957, and its incredible output included The Horse Soldiers, Some Like It Hot (both 1959), The Apartment, The Magnificent Seven (both 1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink Panther (both 1963), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Battle ...
Feb 27, 2023 · The Cinematheque joins the rest of the international community of cineastes and cinephiles in remembering the accomplishments of legendary Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch, who passed away on February 24, 2023, at the age of 101. Mirisch, who visited the Wisconsin Film Festival in 2000 for a career-spanning tribute, left a deposit of his ...
