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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.
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.
Feb 9, 2021 · Mike Nichols was everywhere in the second half of the 20th century, from the Chicago comedy scene that he helped shape in the early ’60s, to hit Broadway shows, to movies that shaped 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.
May 15, 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 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...
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...
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.
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. 29, 2021. 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...
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for directing the 1967 film The Graduate, has died aged 83. The German-born US director was also Oscar nominated for his work on Working...
Feb 9, 2021 · Nichols’ life and work previously inspired a book-length oral history, a pay-cable documentary, and an episode of American Masters directed by May, but there’s still enough material to fill ...
Feb 1, 2021 · Who Was Mike Nichols When He Wasn’t Playing Mike Nichols? An intuitive storyteller, the director perfected narratives—including his own. By Louis Menand. February 1, 2021. Nichols on the set...
Nov 20, 2014 · NEW YORK (AP) — A legend of film, theater and comedy in nearly equal measure, Mike Nichols was an unquestioned fixture of smart, urbane American culture across a relentlessly versatile, six-decade career that on stage or screen, reliably coursed with crackling intelligence.
Mike Nichols was an American comedian, director, producer, and actor of the stage and screen. He began his career in the 1950s as a comedian alongside Elaine May doing improvisational comedy. Together they formed the comedy duo Nichols and May.
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.
Nov 20, 2014 · Mike Nichols, one of the most celebrated and prolific directors in the history of American film and stage, whose work included the movies “The Graduate” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, died...
Nov 20, 2014 · NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such film, TV and stage hits as "The...
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 bot...
3 days ago · Then-director Mike Nichols didn’t find the actor a comedic fit and eventually fired him. “I blame myself,” De Niro said. “I didn’t know certain things. It was a certain type of comedy ...
Jun 21, 2024 · The Bikeriders: Directed by Jeff Nichols. With Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon. After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
