“t really start until meeting his fourth wife, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer.”
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Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. He is one of 28 people to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). His other honors included three BAFTA Awards, the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 19…
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Born 6 November 1931 · Died 19 November 2014 · Q51537
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t so aware of what was going on at the time. He says his first memory is of his father coming to meet him and his family when they arrived in New York. Nichols remembers spotting a deli that had a neon sign with Hebrew letters on it.
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2026· 4 entries
“t so aware of what was going on at the time. He says his first memory is of his father coming to meet him and his family when they arrived in New York. Nichols remembers spotting a deli that had a neon sign with Hebrew letters on it.”
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“the story that is not in the words. Plays, especially great plays, yield their secrets over a long period of time. You can”
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“I think you could do it; I think you should do it.”
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: I didn’t know how to tell my mum that Mike Nichols hated my script | Emma Forrest
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2020· 1 entry
Woody Allen described Nichols as "maybe the best comedy director ever on the stage
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2017· 1 entry
During an Oscars Actress Roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, and Annette Bening spoke about the effect Nichols had on their lives
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2016· 2 entries
HBO aired the documentary Becoming Mike Nichols
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The Guardian: Becoming Mike Nichols: new HBO film is fitting tribute to a great director
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2015· 2 entries
Stars and artists gathered at New York's IAC Building to pay tribute to Nichols
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Nichols was featured in the In Memoriam segment, in anchor position
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2014· 8 entries
The Guardian: Simon Callow pays tribute to film-maker Mike Nichols
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The Guardian: Mike Nichols remembered by Philip French: ‘A pleasure to work with and a delight to talk to’
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The Guardian: Mike Nichols made films about women – sadly a rarity in Hollywood
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The Guardian: Funny but pretentious, The Graduate shows brilliance of Mike Nichols - Observer review, 1968
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The Guardian: Here’s to you, Mike Nichols: tributes flow after death of Graduate director
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The Guardian: Mike Nichols - a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Mike Nichols obituary
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Died 2014-11-19.
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2013· 2 entries
At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, opened on October 27, and closed on January 4, 2014
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Directed Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in a Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2012).
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Nichols won the Best Direction of a Play Tony Award for a revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (2010).
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At the AFI's "Life Achievement Award" ceremony, May gave a humor-filled tribute to Nichols
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Was honored with the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award where he was honored by Elaine May, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Julia Roberts, Candice Bergen, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Vilcek Prize (2009).
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Nichols signed a petition in support of releasing director Roman Polanski, who had been detained while traveling to a film festival in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges, which the petition argued would undermine
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Angels in America (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Was awarded with the Kennedy Center Honors where he was honored by Elaine May, Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Tom Stoppard
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Wit (2001).
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Received the Peabody Award for his HBO television film Wit which starred Emma Thompson
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1999· 2 entries
For his life's work, Elaine May—speaking once again as his friend—served up the essence of Nichols with the following:
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The National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010
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1989· 1 entry
Nichols was presented the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement by Awards Council member Diane Sawyer
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1988· 1 entry
Nichols completed two feature films
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1986· 2 entries
Nichols directed the film Heartburn, which received mixed reviews, and starred Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson
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Nichols directed the Broadway premiere of Andrew Bergman's Social Security and in 1988 directed Waiting for Godot, starring Robin Williams and Steve Martin
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (1984).
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Nichols directed the Broadway premiere of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing
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1983· 2 entries
With the film Silkwood, starring Meryl Streep, Cher and Kurt Russell, based on the life of whistleblower Karen Silkwood
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Nichols had seen comedian Whoopi Goldberg's one woman show, The Spook Show, at Dance Theater Workshop and wanted to help her expand it
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1980· 2 entries
Nichols directed the documentary Gilda Live, a filmed performance of comedian Gilda Radner's one-woman show Gilda Radner Live on Broadway
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And closed after only twelve performances, and directed Neil Simon's Fools, in 1981, which closed after forty performances
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1977· 2 entries
And in a 1980 New Haven stage revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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Nichols produced the original Broadway production of the hugely successful musical Annie, which ran for 2,377 performances until 1983
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1976· 1 entry
Nichols also worked as Executive Producer to create the television drama Family for ABC
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1975· 3 entries
Nichols began filming Bogart Slept Here, an original screenplay by Neil Simon
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His third marriage, in 1975, to Annabel Davis-Goff, produced two children, Max Nichols and Jenny Nichols; it ended in divorce in 1986.
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To Annabel Davis-Goff, produced two children, Max Nichols and Jenny Nichols; it ended in divorce in 1986
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1973· 2 entries
Nichols directed a revival of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya on Broadway starring George C
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Nichols directed the film The Day of the Dolphin starring George C
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1972· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (1972).
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Of violating the state's obscenity statutes by showing the film, a conviction later overturned by the U
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1969· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Graduate (1969).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film for The Graduate (1969).
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His film production company, Friwaftt, was acquired by Avco Embassy, the distributor of The Graduate, who also appointed him to the board of directors
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1968· 4 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (1968).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Graduate (1968).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Graduate (1968).
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Earning him another Tony Award for Best Director
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1967· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967).
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The two films had already earned a total of 20 Oscar nominations, including two for Best Director, and winning it for The Graduate
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Had four hit plays running simultaneously on Broadway, during which time his first Hollywood feature, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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1966· 1 entry
Nichols was a star stage director and Time magazine called him "the most in-demand director in the American theatre
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (1965).
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Directed another play by Neil Simon, The Odd Couple
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (1964).
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1963· 2 entries
Nichols was chosen to direct Neil Simon's play Barefoot in the Park
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With Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley
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1962· 1 entry
Released album “Examine Doctors”.
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1961).
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1960· 1 entry
Nichols and May opened the Broadway show An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May, directed by Arthur Penn
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1958· 1 entry
Released album “Improvisations to Music”.
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1955· 1 entry
The predecessor to Chicago's Second City, whose members included May, Shelley Berman, Del Close, and Nancy Ponder, directed by Paul Sills
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1953· 2 entries
Nichols left Chicago for New York City to study method acting under Lee Strasberg, but was unable to find stage work there
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Nichols joined the staff of struggling classical music station WFMT, 98
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1950· 1 entry
Enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Chicago
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1944· 1 entry
Mike Nichols became a naturalized citizen of the United States and attended public elementary school in Manhattan (PS 87)
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-11-06.
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