List of awards and nominations received by Mike Nichols

List of Mike Nichols awards

Nichols in 1958
Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Award	1	5
BAFTA Award	3	4
Emmy Awards	4	6
Golden Globe Award	1	5
Grammy Award	1	4
Tony Award	8	16

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Mike Nichols.

Mike Nichols is an American filmmaker, producer, comedian, and theatre director. He is one of the few entertainers to have won the "EGOT"; the Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony awards for television, film and theatre. ^[1] He also received numerous honors including the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala tribute in 1999, Peabody Award in 2001, Kennedy Center Honors in 2003, and AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010

Nichols received five Academy Award nominations, winning Best Director for The Graduate (1967). He was also nominated for his work on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), and for producing The Remains of the Day (1993).

Nichols is also known for his extensive work on Broadway, receiving 16 Tony Award nominations and winning 8 Tony Awards for Barefoot in the Park (1964), Luv / The Odd Couple (1965), Plaza Suite (1968), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972), Annie (1977), The Real Thing (1984), Monty Python's Spamalot (2005), and Death of a Salesman (2012). Nichols also received Primetime Emmy Awards for Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003). ^[2]

For his collaborations with Elaine May, Nichols was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning for Best Comedy Album in 1962.

Major associations

Academy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best Director	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	[3]
1967		The Graduate	Won	[4]
1983		Silkwood	Nominated	[5]
1988		Working Girl	Nominated	[6]
1993	Best Picture	The Remains of the Day	Nominated	[7]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1967	Best Film	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won	[2]
1968		The Graduate	Won	[2]
	Best Director		Won
1994	Best Film	The Remains of the Day	Nominated	[2]

Emmy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1977	Outstanding Drama Series	Family	Nominated	[8]
2001	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Wit	Won	[9]
	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie		Won
	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie		Nominated
2004	Outstanding Miniseries	Angels in America	Won	[10]
	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie		Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best Director	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	[11]
1967		The Graduate	Won	[11]
1983		Silkwood	Nominated	[11]
1988		Working Girl	Nominated	[11]
2004		Closer	Nominated	[11]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best Documentary or Spoken Word	Improvisations to Music	Nominated	[12]
	Best Comedy Album		Nominated	[13]
1962		An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May	Won	[14]
1963		Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors	Nominated	[15]

Tony Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1964	Best Direction of a Play	Barefoot in the Park	Won	[16]
1965		Luv and The Odd Couple	Won	[17]
1967	Best Direction of a Musical	The Apple Tree	Nominated	[18]
1968	Best Direction of a Play	Plaza Suite	Won	[19]
1972		The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Won	[20]
1974		Uncle Vanya	Nominated	[21]
1977	Best Musical	Annie	Won	[22]
	Best Direction of a Play	Comedians	Nominated
		Streamers	Nominated
1978		The Gin Game	Nominated	[23]
	Best Play		Nominated
1984	Best Direction of a Play	The Real Thing	Won	[24]
2003	Best Special Theatrical Event	The Play What I Wrote	Nominated	[25]
2005	Best Direction of a Musical	Monty Python's Spamalot	Won	[26]
	Best Special Theatrical Event	Whoopi the 25th Anniversary Show	Nominated
2012	Best Direction of a Play	Death of a Salesman	Won	[27]

Other theatre awards

Year	Category	Title	Results	Ref.
Drama Desk Award
1976	Outstanding Director of a Play	Streamers	Nominated
1977		Comedians	Won
1978		The Gin Game	Nominated
1984		The Real Thing	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Director of a Musical	Spamalot	Nominated
2012	Outstanding Director of a Play	Death of a Salesman	Won

Honorary Awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
American Academy of Achievement	1989	Golden Plate Award	Honored	[28] [29]
Film Society of Lincoln Center	1999	Chaplin Award and Gala tribute	Honored
Peabody Award	2001	Award for Wit	Honored
Kennedy Center Honors	2003	Inductee and Medal	Honored
American Film Institute	2010	AFI Lifetime Achievement Award	Honored

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