Walter Mirisch

ABOUT WALTER MIRISCH

Founder, president, and Executive Head of Production of The Mirisch Corporation, the independent filmmaking organization. He produced almost 100 film projects throughout his long career. He produced multiple versions of The Magnificent Seven .

He attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and received his graduate degree at Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration.

He received three Producer of the Year awards from three different prominent organizations. He won Best Picture in 1968 for In The Heat of the Night.

His siblings were Marvin Mirisch and Harold Mirisch, both of whom founded Mirisch with him.

He won the 1967 Academy Award for Best Picture for producing In the Heat of the Night starring Sidney Poitier .