Date of Birth
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08-November-1921
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Walter M. Mirisch, Walter Mortimer Mirisch, M. Walter Mirisch
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Profession
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Television Producer, Film Producer
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Walter Mortimer Mirisch 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. He won the 1967 Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of In the Heat of the Night.
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