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Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American television, stage and movie director, writer, producer and comedian. He was half of the comedy duo Nichols and May , along with Elaine May .
Sep 11, 2015 · Mike Nichols, who died at home in New York last November 19, 13 days past his 83rd birthday, left a crater-size hole in the cultural landscape and in the life of the city he loved.He was that rare ...
A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges—some of the worst largely unknown until now—by the acclaimed author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back. Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind: while still in his ...
Feb 2, 2021 · Mike Nichols: A Life is an invaluable contribution to the history of American theatre and film since World War II as well as a colorful portrait of one of its most celebrated and at times denigrated practitioners.” —John M. Clum, New York Journal of Books “[A] crisp new biography . . . [Harris has] a gift for scene-setting.
Nichols eredeti neve Mihail Igor Peskovszkij (németesen Michail Igor Peschkowsky); Berlinben született 1931-ben a német Brigitte Landauer (1906—1985) és a bécsi születésű orosz Pavel Nyikolajevics Peskovszkij (Paul Peschkowsky, 1900—1944) orvos fiaként. Apjának családja az 1917-es forradalom után hagyta el Oroszországot. [13]
Nov 19, 2014 · 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 ...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols Dies. The man behind The Graduate, Annie and Working Girl is survived by his wife, Diane Sawyer. Mike Nichols, the prodigious theater, film and TV director-producer and performer ...
