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Walter Mirisch

Walter Mortimer Mirisch (born 8 November 1921) is an American film producer. In his long and successful motion picture career, Walter Mirisch has produced some of the industry’s finest and most memorable films. He is President and Executive Head of Production of The Mirisch Corporation, an independent filmmaking organization, which he formed in 1957 with his brothers, Marvin and Harold. A native of New York, Mirisch graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and entered the movie business as a summer vacation usher in Jersey City’s State Theater, soon moving up to higher positions at... MORE

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Walter Mirisch Creativity Conversation Legendary Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch and Matthew Bernstein, Professor and Chair of the Department of Film Studies, talk about Mirisch's career in the film business. Author of "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History," Mirisch produced, in whole or in part, more than one hundred films. The many honors bestowed on the Mirisch Company, an independent filmmaking organization which he founded in 1957 with his late brothers Marvin and Harold, include three Oscars for best picture -- "The Apartment" (1960), "West Side Story" (1961), and "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). This "Creativity Conversation" was held August 31, 2010, at the Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall. For more information on Creativity Conversations at Emory, visit www.creativity.emory.edu From: EmoryUniversity Views: 94 0 ratings Time: 50:34 More in Education

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