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Apr 12, 2024 · Mike Nichols (born November 6, 1931, Berlin, Germany—died November 19, 2014, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American motion-picture, television, and stage director whose productions focus on the absurdities and horrors of modern life as revealed in personal relationships.
Mike Nichols. Director: The Graduate. 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 ...
Sep 11, 2015 · By Sam Kashner and Charles Maslow-Freen. September 11, 2015. By Frazer Harrison/Getty Images. Mike Nichols, who died at home in New York last November 19, 13 days past his 83rd birthday, left a ...
Feb 3, 2021 · Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris. Penguin Press. For decades, Mike Nichols was one of the most recognized names in theater and film, but very few people really knew the legendary...
Feb 6, 2021 · Mike Nichols would grow up to become a true American glitterati, direct Neil Simon and Chekhov plays and breakthrough films like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "Carnal Knowledge" and, of ...
Nov 21, 2014 · Nichols, who has died aged 83, was an astonishingly versatile and fluent director, who specialised in adult drama which sang because he coaxed such fine performances from his stars. Thu 20 Nov ...
Feb 1, 2021 · Who was Mike Nichols when he wasn’t playing Mike Nichols? It’s not an easy question. As Meryl Streep, who starred in three of his movies, observed, the reason he understood acting was that ...
