Mike Nichols

Academy Awards
	Best Director ; 1968 The Graduate
Emmy Awards
	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special ; 2001 Wit ; 2004 Angels in America ; Outstanding Miniseries ; 2004 Angels in America ; Outstanding Made for Television Movie ; 2001 Wit
Tony Awards
	Best Direction of a Play ; 1964 Barefoot in the Park ; 1965 The Odd Couple ; 1968 Plaza Suite ; 1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue ; 1984 The Real Thing ; 2012 Death of a Salesman ; Best Direction of a Musical ; 2005 Spamalot ; Best Musical ; 1977 Annie ; Best Play ; 1984 The Real Thing
Golden Globe Awards
	Best Director ; 1968 The Graduate
AFI Awards
	AFI Life Achievement Award ; 2010
Grammy Awards
	Best Comedy Album ; 1961 An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols
	File:Mike Nichols Funny Face.jpg Nichols in 2010
Born	Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931; Berlin, Weimar Germany
Died	November 19, 2014 (aged 83); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Director; producer; actor; comedian;
Years active	1955–2014
Spouse(s)	Patricia Scott; (m. 1957–1960, divorced); Margo Callas; (m. 1963–1974, divorced; 1 child); Annabel Davis-Goff; (1975–1986, divorced; 2 children); Diane Sawyer; (m. 1988–2014; his death)
Academy Awards
Academy Awards
	Best Director ; 1968 The Graduate
Emmy Awards
	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special ; 2001 Wit ; 2004 Angels in America ; Outstanding Miniseries ; 2004 Angels in America ; Outstanding Made for Television Movie ; 2001 Wit
Tony Awards
	Best Direction of a Play ; 1964 Barefoot in the Park ; 1965 The Odd Couple ; 1968 Plaza Suite ; 1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue ; 1984 The Real Thing ; 2012 Death of a Salesman ; Best Direction of a Musical ; 2005 Spamalot ; Best Musical ; 1977 Annie ; Best Play ; 1984 The Real Thing
Golden Globe Awards
	Best Director ; 1968 The Graduate
AFI Awards
	AFI Life Achievement Award ; 2010
Grammy Awards
	Best Comedy Album ; 1961 An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American television, stage and movie director, writer, producer and comedian. He was half of the comedy duo Nichols and May, along with Elaine May. In 1968 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the movie The Graduate. His other movies include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood, Working Girl, Wolf, The Birdcage, Closer, Charlie Wilson's War (his final movie), and the TV mini-series Angels in America. He also staged the original theatrical productions of Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple and Spamalot.

Nichols won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001,^[1] the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010.

Nichols died suddenly from a heart attack on November 19, 2014, at his home in Manhattan.^[2]^[3]

Mike Nichols Media

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Nichols and May, c. 1960
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Dustin Hoffman (1968) appeared in the Nichols-directed film The Graduate
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Nichols chose Simon & Garfunkel to write the music for The Graduate
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Nichols at the National Film Society in 1979
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Whoopi Goldberg credits Nichols with discovering her after seeing her perform her one woman show in 1983

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↑ Staff (November 20, 2014). Mike Nichols, Graduate director, dies at 83. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30129848. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
↑ Dennis McLellan (November 20, 2014). Mike Nichols, groundbreaking director of 'The Graduate,' dies at 83. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mike-nichols-dies-at-83-20141120-story.html#page=1. Retrieved November 20, 2014.