first wife Beverly, he has two children, Jennifer Christine and Heather Mischer Godsey. After 10 years in New York, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he had two children, Charles Donald and Lilly Ellison, with his wife Suzan Reed Mischer, a former CBS executive and graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Accolades Mischer has 40 Primetime Emmy nominations, with 15 Emmy wins: 13 wins through The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and 2 wins through the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 10 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. George Foster Peabody Award for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, from the Producers Guild of America (2012). Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award (2019). Only the fourth such award given for Television Direction. 2 NAACP Image Awards. Governors Award from the National Association of Choreographers. Membership in the Event Industry Hall of Fame. Received Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 11, 2014. Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cinematographers Guild 2004 Democratic National Convention In 2004, he produced the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston. After John Kerry's acceptance speech, balloons were supposed to drop from the ceiling onto the delegates below. However, the balloons got stuck in the ceiling and did not fall. Mischer subsequently lost his temper with his tech crew and his profanities were aired accidentally by CNN's live broadcast. Selected television credits References External links Crafting a Successful Career, an interview with Mischer from the University of Texas at Austin website 1940 births American television directors Television producers from Texas Emmy Award winners Living people People from San Antonio Douglas MacArthur High School (San Antonio) alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni