Guide Note

Mike Nichols is a multi-award-winning American televison, stage and film director, writer, producer and actor. Nichols is noted for directing such classic films as The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Primary Colors.

Fast Facts

Born: November 6, 1931
Birthname: Michael Igor Peschkowsky
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Family fled to United States in 1939
Became a U.S. Citizen 1944
Attended University of Chicago
Spouse: TV Journalist Diane Sawyer
Kennedy Center Honoree in 2003

Background

Nichols and his family moved to the United States to flee the Nazis in 1939. While attending the University of Chicago in the 1950s he began performing improvisational comedy with the Compass Players, a precursor to The Second City.

After Nichols was chosen to direct the hit production of Neil Simon's Barefoot In The Park in 1963 he decided to devote the rest of his life to directing. Nichols went on to direct many other Broadway hits, including several more by Simon. He has won numerous theater awards, including the Tony Award for Best Direction for seven different productions.

Starting with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, for which he received an Oscar nomination, and following with The Graduate, for which he won the Best Director Oscar, Nichols began an acclaimed career as a film director.

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1931: Born on November 6 in Berlin, Germany
1966: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1967: The Graduate - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1983: Silkwood - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1986: Heartburn - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1988: Biloxi Blues - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1988: Working Girl - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1990: Postcards from the Edge - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1994: Wolf - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1996: The Birdcage - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1998: Primary Colors - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: What Planet Are You From? - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2004: Closer - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2007: Charlie Wilson's War - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

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