Mike Nichols(1931-2014)

Director
Producer
Additional Crew

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. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin. He later worked in legitimate theater as an actor before entering into a very successful comedy duo with Elaine May. The two were known as "the world's fastest humans".

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Won 1 Oscar
- 30 wins & 35 nominations total

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Dustin Hoffman, Mike Nichols, and Katharine Ross in The Graduate (1967)

Orson Welles, Martin Balsam, Mike Nichols, and Buck Henry in Catch-22 (1970)

Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)

Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Mike Nichols in The Graduate (1967)

Orson Welles, Martin Balsam, Mike Nichols, Susanne Benton, Buck Henry, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)

Alan Arkin and Mike Nichols in Catch-22 (1970)

Alan Arkin, Anthony Perkins, and Mike Nichols in Catch-22 (1970)

Anthony Perkins, Richard Benjamin, and Mike Nichols in Catch-22 (1970)

Known for

The Graduate

8.0

Director

1967

Closer

7.2

Director

2004

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

8.0

Director

1966

Working Girl

6.8

Director

1988

Credits

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Director

Charlie Wilson's War
- Director
- 2007
Closer
- Director
- 2004
Angels in America
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 2003
Wit
- Director
- TV Movie
- 2001
What Planet Are You From?
- Director
- 2000
Primary Colors
- Director
- 1998
The Birdcage
- Director
- 1996
Wolf
- Director
- 1994
Regarding Henry
- Director
- 1991
Postcards from the Edge
- Director
- 1990
Working Girl
- Director
- 1988
Biloxi Blues
- Director
- 1988
Heartburn
- Director (directed by)
- 1986
Silkwood
- Director
- 1983
Gilda Live
- Director
- 1980

Producer

Crescendo! The Power of Music
- executive producer
- 2014
Friends with Kids
- executive producer
- 2011
Closer
- producer
- 2004
Angels in America
- executive producer
- TV Mini Series
- 2003
Wit
- executive producer
- TV Movie
- 2001
What Planet Are You From?
- producer (produced by)
- 2000
Primary Colors
- producer
- 1998
The Designated Mourner
- producer
- 1997
The Birdcage
- producer
- 1996
The Remains of the Day
- producer
- 1993
Regarding Henry
- producer
- 1991
Postcards from the Edge
- producer
- 1990
The Thorns
- executive producer
- TV Series
- 1988
Heartburn
- producer (produced by)
- 1986
The Longshot
- executive producer
- 1986

Additional Crew

Whoopi: Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary
- original stage production director
- original stage production producer
- TV Special
- 2005
Capturing the Friedmans
- particularly good advice
- 2003
Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway
- original stage director
- original stage producer
- TV Special
- 1985
Annie
- originally presented on the New York Stage by
- 1982
The Gin Game
- director: stage production
- TV Movie
- 1981
Plaza Suite
- adapted from the Broadway play directed by
- 1971

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Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- November 6, 1931
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- November 19, 2014
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(heart attack)
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Children
Parents
Other works
"Fabulous Fifties, The" (31 January 1960), as Guest
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Trivia
He and his younger brother, Robert, fled Berlin, Nazi Germany for the USA in April 1939 due to increasing Nazi atrocities. Their father had already relocated there some years back. The young boys arrived on April 28, 1939 in New York City, where their father, now known as Paul Nichols, had set up a medical practice and become a successful medical practitioner. The boys' mother was reunited with her family the following year in 1940.