Walter Mirisch

Walter Mortimer Mirisch (November 8, 1921 – February 24, 2023) is an American movie producer. He is president and executive head of production of The Mirisch Corporation. His brother Marvin and half-brother Harold were also producers. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of In the Heat of the Night (1967).
Mirisch was married to Patricia Kahan (1924–2005); they had three children, Anne Mirisch Sonnenberg, Andrew Mirisch, and Lawrence Mirisch. His son, Lawrence, is the founder of the Mirisch Agency.

Mirisch turned 100 on November 8, 2021, and died of natural causes in Los Angeles on February 24, 2023, at the age of 101.
References

 Other websites 
 Walter Mirisch Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.


 Walter Mirisch at the TCM Movie Database


Category:Movie producers from New York City
Category:Businesspeople from New York City
Category:1921 births
Category:2023 deaths