Walter Mirisch

Gone, but not forgotten (1954 items)
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Walter Mirisch was an American film producer. He was president and executive head of production of The Mirisch Corporation, an independent film production company, which he formed in 1957 with his brothers, Marvin and Harold. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). A heart murmur kept him out of the U.S. Navy, but Mirisch was still eager to serve his country during World War II. He moved to Burbank, California, to work at a bomber-plane plant and wrote technical articles to share knowledge with other military manufacturers.