Year

Milestone

1938

Worked for the Skouras Theatre Corporation

Worked for the Oriental Theatre Corporation

1945

Joined Monogram Pictures (later Allied Artists)

1947

Produced first film, "Fall Guy"

1951

Appointed an executive producer with Allied Artists in July

1957

Founded Mirisch Co. with brothers

1958

Produced "Fort Massacre", first Mirisch Co. film

Produced TV series, "Wichita Town"

1960

Produced "The Magnificent Seven"

1961

Mirisch Company offers "West Side Story"

1966

Produced "Hawaii"

1967

Produced "In the Heat of the Night"

1969

President and executive head of production, The Mirisch Corporation

1974

Produced "Serpico"

1983

Produced "Romantic Comedy"

1987

Executive producer, "Desperado" for NBC, first in a series of TV movies

1996

Executive producer, TV-movie, "A Case for Life"

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