#BOTD 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols, (b. Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky), 83, German-born US performer, filmmaker, writer.
He began his career in 1950s in improvisational comedy, teaming with Elaine May as 'Nichols and May' they were a big hit on Broadway and won Grammy Best Comedy Album.
#BOTD 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols, 83, German-born US performer, director, writer.
He began directing Broadway plays, his debut, Barefoot in the Park, 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. In 2012 he won his 6th Tony for Death of a Salesman, with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
#BOTD 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols, 83, US director, writer.
In 1966 he directed his first film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Taylor and Burton. It won five Oscars from 13 nominations. For The Graduate (1967) with unknown Dustin Hoffman, Nichols won the Best Director Oscar.
#BOTD 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols, 83, US director, writer.
"A recent college graduate returns home and is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, while also falling in love with her daughter, Elaine."
The Graduate (1967 Oscar Best Director)
#BOTD 1931 – 2014 Mike Nichols, 83, US director, writer.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) The Graduate (Oscar) * Catch-22 * Silkwood * Heartburn * Working Girl * Biloxi Blues * Postcards from Edge * Birdcage * HBO's Angels in America * Closer * Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
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