He had been the longest-living Oscar winner.
He also received the Producer Guild of Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures in 1996.
Walter was a true visionary, both as a producer and as an industry leader.
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His passion for filmmaking and the Academy never wavered, and he remained a dear friend and advisor.
We send our love and support to his family during this difficult time.
He began his movie career as general manager of Monogram Pictures since 1945.
He also produced two other Bomba sequels in 1950 and 1952. including the Marilyn Monoe-Tony Curtis-Jack Lemmon rompSome Like It Hot(1959).
The turn of the decade broughtThe Magnificent Seven.
The film stiffed in the U.S. but was a smash in Europe and a hit in Asia.
It has gone on to be a classic Western.
Mirisch would claim his only competitive Oscar for 1967s controversialIn the Heat of the Night.
But Tibbs immediately runs afoul of the odious local sheriff (Rod Steiger).
Poitiers powerful delivery of a line of dialogue in the film They call meMisterTibbs!
(The phrase would become the title of the films 1970 sequel, also starring Poitier.)
Mirisch accepted the Best Picture Oscar as the pics lone producer.
Mirsich published a memoir,I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History, in 2008.
Steven Spielberg also paid tribute to the late producer today.
He loved the Academy as much as anyone in our history, serving four terms as President.
Im both a better director and a better person for having known Walter.
