Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin - 1931) is an American film, television, and stage director. He has been working as a director for forty-six years, ever since making his debut in 1963 with Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. He is also notable as one of 21 people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy--in other words, all four of the major American entertainment awards.
Before he was a director, though, he was an Improv comedian in the 1950s, working first with The Compass Players (the predecessor of The Second City in Chicago). Later, he and partner Elaine May had three hit comedy albums (including one Grammy Award winner) before they went their separate ways in 1961.
Most notable works:
- The film adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from 1966.
- He also later directed a revival of the play in 1980.
- The film adaptation of The Graduate, for which he won his Best Director Oscar, from 1967.
- The film adaptation of Catch-22 from 1970.
- Carnal Knowledge
- Silkwood
- Biloxi Blues
- Working Girl
- Postcards From The Edge
- Regarding Henry
- Wolf
- The Birdcage
- Primary Colors
- The Angels in America Miniseries for HBO in 2003.
- Closer
- The original Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot in 2004.
- Charlie Wilson's War
