Walter Mirisch, the legendary Hollywood producer known for ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ ‘West Side Story,’ and ‘The Apartment’ has died at the age of 101.
, has died at the age of 101. The legendary producer died on Friday in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Born in New York to a Polish immigrant father, Mirisch went on to found a production company alongside his brothers in 1957, which also produced Best Pictures. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1973 to 1977 and received two honorary Oscars, first in 1978 and then in 1983.
“Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer and as an industry leader,” academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a statement. In a 1983 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Mirisch shared how he recruited high-profile filmmakers, such as Billy Wilder and Norman Jewison, and gave them creative freedom. “We offered these filmmakers what they needed. Billy could call me up and say, ‘I’d next like to do a picture about so-and-so,’ and that’s all we’d need to know,” he said.
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