Don Mischer

Don Mischer (born 1940) is an American television events producer and director.

Mischer has produced television programs since 1976, when he produced a special for Barbra Streisand. Other programs have included Kennedy Center Honors, the Emmy Awards, The Grand Opening of Euro Disney, the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and programs for Bob Hope, Nell Carter, Christopher Reeve, the Pointer Sisters and Mikhail Baryshnikov. He also produced The Wayne Brady Show and the halftime shows for Super Bowl XXVIII, XXXIX, XL and XLI in 1993 and 2005 through 2008. In 2009, he produced We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, the public concert in Washington, DC held two days prior to the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States.

Mischer has won 13 Emmy Awards as director or producer, dating back to the 1980s and a broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors.

2004 Democratic National Convention

In 2004 he produced the Democratic National Convention. He was caught on microphone yelling out a profanity during the end of CNN's coverage of the convention. After John Kerry's acceptance speech, there were supposed to be balloons and confetti on the ground of the convention. However, Mischer was not satisfied with the results, and his displeasure was aired accidentally by CNN.^[1]

Personal life

After graduating from Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Mischer attended Texas Lutheran University and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1961. He was married in the 1960's. He and his wife Beverly had two daughters, Jennifer Christine, and Heather Kathleen. Their marriage ended in divorce. In the 1980's he re-married Suzan Warne Reed. Together they had a son Charles Donald (August, 1991) and daughter, Lilly Ellison (November, 1994).

References

1. ^ Balloon Drop Failure at 2004 DNC – CNN Snafu

External links

• Don Mischer Productions official website
• Don Mischer at the Internet Movie Database
• Crafting a Successful Career, an interview with Mischer from the University of Texas at Austin website

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