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Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Director

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was a German-born American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their acting experience. Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe, The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago. He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv acts were a hit on Broadway resulting in three albums, with their debut album winning a Grammy Award. After Nichols and May disbanded their act in 1961, Nichols began directing plays. He soon earned a reputation as a skilled Broadway director with a flair for creating innovative productions and the ability to elicit polished performances from actors. His debut Broadway play was Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. He next directed Luv in 1964 and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple. Nichols received a Tony Award for each of those plays. Nearly five decades later, he won his sixth Tony Award as best director with a revival of Death of a Salesman in 2012. During his career, he directed or produced over twenty-five Broadway plays. In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The groundbreaking and acclaimed film led critics to declare Nichols the "new Orson Welles". The film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, winning five. It was also a box office hit and became the number 1 film of 1966. His next film was The Graduate in 1967, starring then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. The film was another critical and financial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1967 and receiving seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Directing. Among the other films he directed were Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Wolf (1994), The Birdcage (1996), Closer (2004), and Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award (the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards and nine Tony Awards. He was also a three-time BAFTA Award winner. His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. His films garnered a total of 42 Academy Award nominations and seven wins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Nichols, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany

Died: November 19, 2014 (Age 83)

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Mike Nichols  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7
ActorHimself2016
Movie
7.5
ActorSelf2015
Movie
6.1
ActorJack1997
Movie
8
ActorSelf (archive footage)1969
Movie
7.6
ActorSelf1988
Movie
7.3
ActorSelf1996
Movie
7.2
ActorSelf (archive footage)1996
Movie
7.4
ActorSelf2012
Movie
7.2
ActorSelf2016
Movie
7.4
ActorSelf1960
Movie
6.7
ActorSelf2006
TV Show
7.3
Actor2 Episodes1952-1961
TV Show
7
ActorSelf
3 Episodes
1956-1963
TV Show
8.2
ActorSelf - Comedian
2 Episodes
1956-1960
TV Show
9.3
ActorSelf
2 Episodes
1959
TV Show
8.3
ActorSelf - Mystery Guest
1 Episode
1950-1967
TV Show
6.4
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1962-1967
TV Show
8.4
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1994
TV Show
8
ActorSelf
3 Episodes
1985
TV Show
ActorSelf - Nominee
2 Episodes
1956
TV Show
7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1953
TV Show
8.1
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1957-1962
TV Show
6.8
ActorRod Carter
1 Episode
1957-1961
Short Film
6.4
ActorMan1967
Movie
7.1
ActorSelf (archive footage)2017
Movie
7.2
ActorSelf2001
Movie
6.2
ActorSelf2006
Movie
5.6
ActorSelf - Interviewee2003
TV Special
7
ActorSelf1986
TV Special
6.9
ActorSelf
1 Episode
2012
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector1988
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector, Producer1971
Movie
7
DirectingDirector1970
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector2007
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Producer2004
Movie
8
CrewThanks2009
Movie
5.9
ProductionExecutive Producer2012
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector1980
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector, Producer1986
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector, Producer1990
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector, Producer1998
Movie
6.6
DirectingDirector, Producer1991
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Producer1983
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector, Producer1996
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector1973
Movie
6.1
ProductionProducer1997
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector, Producer1975
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector1967
Movie
5.2
ProductionExecutive Producer1986
Movie
7.9
ProductionProducer1993
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector, Producer2000
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector1966
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector1994
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector1988
Movie
7.5
ProductionExecutive Producer2014
TV Show
7.4
ProductionExecutive Producer
86 Episodes
1976-1980
TV Show
5.8
ProductionProducer
62 Episodes
2008
TV Show
6.8
CreatorCreator2018
TV Show
4.4
ProductionProducer
8 Episodes
2008
TV Show
5
ProductionProducer
7 Episodes
2006
Short Film
6.4
WritingWriter1967
Movie
7
DirectingStage Director1981
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer2001
Limited Series
8
DirectingDirector, Executive Producer
6 Episodes
2003-2003
TV Special
7.5
DirectingProduction Supervisor, Stage Director1985
TV Special
8
WritingWriter1962
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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