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The Academy. (2023). Press Release: STATEMENT REGARDING THE PASSING OF
FORMER ACADEMY PRESIDENT WALTER MIRISCH. https://www.oscars.org
(2023). Walter Mirisch [Photograph]. Provided by the Publicity Office of The Academy. www.oscars.org
LOS ANGELES, CA -
Oscar®-winning and previous Academy President Walter Mirisch died Friday, February 24, in Los Angeles of natural causes.
“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is deeply saddened to hear of Walter`s passing,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang.
"He had a powerful impact on the film community and the Academy, serving as our President and as an Academy governor for many years," added Bill Kramer and Janet Yang.
The Mirisch Company, fashioned in 1957 together with his brothers Harold and Marvin, produced such movies as “Some Like It Hot” (1959), “The Magnificent Seven” (1960), “West Side Story” (1961), “The Great Escape” (1963), “The Pink Panther” (1963), “In the Heat of the Night” (1967) and “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1968).
Mirisch transitioned into a member of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, served 4 years as Academy President from 1973-1977 and 15 years as an Academy governor.
The Academy commemorated Mirisch 3 times – with an Academy Award® for Best Picture for “In the Heat of the Night,” the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his “continuously excessive best of movement photograph production,” and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, that is given to a man or woman whose “humanitarian efforts have introduced credit to the industry.”
Deeply devoted to serving his network, Mirisch additionally served in management roles for the Producers Guild of America, the Los Angeles Music Center, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, and UCLA.
In lieu of flowers, the circle of relatives requests donations to the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF).
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