Marvin Mirisch
Marvin Mirisch | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 19, 1918 |
| Died | November 17, 2002 (age 84) |
| Occupation | Motion Picture Executive |
| Spouse | Florene (nee Smuckler) Mirisch |
Marvin Mirisch (1918–2002) was an American motion picture executive.
Biography
Marvin Mirisch graduated from City College of New York in 1940 and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He started out selling popcorn and refreshments to Milwaukee movie theaters. With his oldest brother Irving, he started at The Theater Candy Company..[1] The company grew to serve 800 theaters in the Midwest before moving to Los Angeles in 1953.
In 1953, he joined his brothers, Harold and Walter, at Monogram Pictures, in Los Angeles, CA.[2] He was the associate producer on "The Human Jungle"(1954) and "Arrow In The Dust"(1957).[3] In 1957, the Mirisch brothers decided to leave Monogram and formed their own company.[1]
The Mirisch Company produced films that received 88 Academy Award nominations and won 28. Their productions included: "Some Like It Hot"(1959), "The Horse Soldiers"(1959), "The Apartment"(1960)(Best Picture Academy Award), "The Magnificent Seven"(1960) which spawned three sequels, a television movie and a television series; "West Side Story"(1961)(Best Picture Academy Award), "The Great Escape"(1963), "The Pink Panther"(1963), "A Shot in the Dark"(1963), "Hawaii"(1966), "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming", "In the Heat of the Night"(1967)(Best Picture Academy Award), "Fiddler on the Roof", "Midway"(1976),"Same Time, Next Year"(1978), and "The Pink Panther" TV series(1993).[4]
He served on the boards of the "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences", the United Jewish Fund, "Temple Israel of Hollywood" and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
He was married to Florene Smuckler Mirisch for 60 years. They had 3 children; Donald, Carol and Lynn.
References
- ^ a b Douglas Martin, Marvin Mirisch, 84, Hollywood Producer of 60's, The New York Times, November 20, 2002
- ^ FindAGrave
- ^ imdb
- ^ Walter Mirisch, "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History", University of Wisconsin, Press 2008
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