Born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin in 1931, and died in New York in 2014, Mike Nichols fled Nazi Germany as a child, and became a comedian in the improvisation troupe Second City and, with Elaine May, a hugely successful double act. He turned to Broadway, then film. His debut Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was nominated for every major Oscar, and The Graduate (1967) won him the Oscar for directing. Later films include Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood (1983) and Working Girl (1988). He is one of the few people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
Filmography
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- Silkwood (1983)
- Working Girl (1988)
- Postcards from the Edge (1990)
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Closer (2004)
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007)