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   Who was Walter Mirisch?

   • The affable Mirisch, who served four terms as president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences from 1973-77, died Friday in Los Angeles of natural causes, AMPAS announced. “Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer and as an industry leader,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a joint statement.

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   What happened to Walter Mirisch?

   • Walter Mirisch, a film producer and executive whose name is synonymous with numerous canonized 20th-century works, has died. This was confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Saturday evening. From Some Like It Hot to The Magnificent Seven, Mirisch’s mark is found on many of cinema classics.

   Walter Mirisch, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'In The Heat of the Night

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   What did Walter Mirisches do for a living?

   • Walter was known as a perfectionist who supervised every detail of a film’s production, but directors somehow felt they still had freedom to work as they wished. “Once out of the gate, the Mirisches give you full rein, and never use the whip,” Wilder told the Los Angeles Times in 1967.

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   Who was Michael Mirisch & what did he do?

   • In the mid-20th century, Mirisch was one of the most lauded and powerful producers in Hollywood.

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   How many Oscars did Walter Mirisch win?

   • Admired for his creative instincts, he oversaw films that won 28 Oscars, including “West Side Story,” “The Apartment” and “In the Heat of the Night.” The film producer Walter Mirisch in 1975 in Los Angeles. The Mirisch Company, which he and two brothers founded in 1957, grew to be an industry powerhouse. George Brich/Associated Press

   Walter Mirisch, Pioneering Producer of Canonical Films, Dies at 101

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   Who is Walter Mirisch wife Patricia Mirisch?

   • I’m both a better director and a better person for having known Walter.” Born in 1921 in New York, Mirisch worked at a bomber plane manufacturer during World War II before studying at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Harvard Business School. He was married to wife Patricia Mirisch for 60 years until her death in 2005.

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   Feb 25, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, the legendary independent-minded producer who is the only person to receive the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G....

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   Feb 28, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, a film producer who with his two brothers ran a pioneering independent production company that helped bring to the screen a raft of canonical films, including the Oscar...

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   Feb 26, 2023 · Walter Mirisch, the last of three Mirisch brothers who produced or oversaw production of a string of highly regarded films in the 1950s and ’60s, including best picture Oscar winners “The...

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   Mar 4, 2023 · Twenty years before he won an Academy Award for In the Heat of the Night, the classic civil rights-era drama starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, an unknown Walter Mirisch discovered a...

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   Feb 27, 2023 · LOS ANGELES — 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...