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Don Mischer Dies: Renowned TV Director-Producer Of Oscars, Emmys, Super Bowl & Olympics Was 85

Don Mischer, one of the preeminent live event directors of the past five decades, died peacefully in his sleep April 11, in Los Angeles.

Don Mischer, one of the preeminent live event directors of the past five decades, died peacefully in his sleep last night, April 11, in Los Angeles. Mischer’s final show was the 2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, hosted by James Corden, which took place at Barker Hangar Santa Monica with tech titans and A-list celebrity attending and Katy Perry among those performing. “It’s been quite a personal journey for me from the very beginning of television in 1949 – from Super Bowl halftimes with Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, The Stones, Prince (in the rain), and Bruce Springsteen; to Olympic Opening Ceremonies; Carnegie Hall’s 100th Anniversary and Obama’s Inaugural Concert at the Lincoln Memorial,” Mischer wrote Deadline last week.

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