Mike Nichols
Director
46
Movies
14
TV Shows
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.
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Behind the Camera
Family
Productor Ejecutivo
Closer: Llevados por el deseo
Director, Productor
El fantástico Sr. Zorro
Thanks
El graduado
Director
The Birdcage
Director, Productor
Ángeles en América
Productor Ejecutivo, Director
Lo que queda del día
Productor
Catch-22
Director
Lobo
Director
Secretaria ejecutiva
Director
Juego de poder
Director
Carnal Knowledge
Director, Productor
¿Quién le teme a Virginia Woolf?
Director
Plan perfecto
Productor Ejecutivo
Agudeza
Director, Teleplay, Productor Ejecutivo, Escritor
La Fuerza de la Verdad
Director, Productor
Biloxi Blues: Los apuros de un recluta
Director
Ghost Hunters International
Productor
Silkwood
Director, Productor
El Escándalo
Director, Productor
Recuerdos de Hollywood
Director, Productor
El difícil arte de amar
Director, Productor
What Planet Are You From?
Director, Productor
The Day of the Dolphin
Director
The Fortune
Director, Productor
The Longshot
Productor Ejecutivo
Battlefish
Creator
Gilda Live
Director
The Gin Game
Stage Director
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
Escritor
As Actor/Actress
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
American Masters
Self
Omnibus
The Oscars
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
Rod Carter
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Inventing David Geffen
Self
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Nora Ephron: Todo es Copia
Self
The Fabulous Fifties
Self
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Self - Interviewee
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
Arthur Miller: Escritor
Self (archive footage)
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Self
Nichols and May: Take Two
Self (archive footage)
Mike Nichols: Retrato De Un Artista
Himself
The Designated Mourner
Jack
Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light
Self
The Madness of Boy George
Self
All the Difference
(voice)
Bach to Bach
A Man (voice)