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Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience.
Mike Nichols. Director: The Graduate. He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company.
Jun 21, 2024 · Mike Nichols (born November 6, 1931, Berlin, Germany—died November 19, 2014, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American motion-picture, television, and stage director whose productions focus on the absurdities and horrors of modern life as revealed in personal relationships.
Feb 9, 2021 · Nichols was a director of great artistic ambition: His film debut starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the adaptation of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and his...
Mike Nichols. Director: The Graduate. He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin.
Nov 21, 2014 · Mike Nichols, one of America’s most celebrated directors, whose long, protean résumé of critic- and crowd-pleasing work earned him adulation both on Broadway and in Hollywood, died on Wednesday...
Feb 3, 2021 · For decades, Mike Nichols was one of the most recognized names in theater and film, but very few people really knew the legendary director — even, it seems, himself. At least that's the ...
Nov 20, 2014 · Nichols, who died Wednesday night in New York at 83, was a supreme orchestrator of material, talent and taste. In films like “The Graduate,” ’'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Carnal Knowledge,” he left not only a firm stamp of authorship.
Feb 9, 2021 · Mark Harris' Mike Nichols biography pays tribute to the actor, director, and producer who helped invent sketch comedy, took Broadway by storm, directed The Graduate, and still had 40 years of...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols was one of the most highly rated US film and stage directors, with a list of awards to prove it. Over the course of his career he won a Grammy, an Oscar, four...
Mark Harris’s enthralling, extensively researched biography of Mike Nichols follows the iconic director of films like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate from his painful...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols was one of the most highly rated US film and stage directors, with a list of awards to prove it. Over the course of his career he won a Grammy, an Oscar, four...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols, an award-winning director known for his versatility and genre-blending productions for film, TV and stage, died on Wednesday evening.
Feb 6, 2021 · The 8-year-old German boy who had to flee Nazism developed a rare allergic reaction that marked him for life. He was left hairless. And his father died when he was just 12.
Jan 5, 2016 · Among the many awards Mike Nichols (1931 – 2014) won in his long career are a Grammy for comedy, many Tonys for theater directing, an Oscar for film directing, and several lifetime achievement...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols, the prodigious theater, film and TV director-producer and performer, died suddenly on Wednesday, ABC News announced. He was 83.
Nov 20, 2014 · Director Mike Nichols, who made such films as The Graduate, which earned him a best director Oscar, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has died. He was 83. He was married to ABC News veteran...
Jan 14, 2020 · She served as the first female correspondent on 60 Minutes, made her mark on PrimeTime Live, co-hosted Good Morning America and anchored ABC's World News. Nichols escaped...
Nov 20, 2014 · Hollywood woke up Thursday morning to the sad news that director Mike Nichols had died. The Graduate helmer was one of only a dozen people to have the coveted EGOT, winning an Emmy, a Grammy,...
Jan 31, 2021 · Director and comedian Mike Nichols arrived in the U.S. as a child refugee from Nazi Germany, and he went on to become a Tony- and Oscar-winning master of both stage and screen,...
Nov 20, 2014 · Director Mike Nichols has died at age 83. Nichols brought his talents to film, TV and stage hits such as "The Graduate,'' "Angels in America'' and "Monty Python's Spamalot.''.
Aug 26, 2023 · From The Graduate to The Birdcage to Closer, this is Collider's ranking of the works of filmmaker Mike Nichols.
Nov 20, 2014 · -- Mike Nichols, the entertainment icon and husband of ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 83. Nichols' death was announced in a statement by ABC News President James Goldston.
1 day ago · Rachel Nichols believes Bronny James’ critics are analyzing the Lakers’ second-round pick unjustly. When discussing the 19-year-old rookie on Wednesday’s installment of FS1’s “Undisputed ...
1 day ago · In The Atlantic — the same magazine where Mr. Vance had called Mr. Trump “cultural heroin” — Tom Nichols, a Republican-turned-independent, said he had once been “intrigued by his writing ...
