List of awards and nominations received by Mike Nichols

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List of Mike Nichols awards

Nichols in 2004

AwardWinsNominations
Academy Award
15
British Academy Film Award
34
Primetime Emmy Award
46
Golden Globe Award
15
Grammy Award
14
Tony Award
816

Mike Nichols is an American filmmaker, producer, comedian, and theatre director.

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He is one of the few entertainers to have won the "EGOT"; the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards for television, film and theatre. [1] 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). For his collaborations with Elaine May, Nichols was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning for Best Comedy Album in 1962. 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).

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Emmy Award

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1977 Outstanding Drama Series Family Nominated [2]
2001 Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie Wit Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie Won
Outstanding Made for Television Movie Won
2004 Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie Angels in America Won
Outstanding Miniseries Won

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1959 Best Documentary or Spoken Word [3] Improvisations to Music Nominated [3]
Best Comedy Album Nominated
1962 An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May Won
1963 Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors Nominated

Academy Award

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1967 Best Director Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated [4]
1968 The Graduate Won
1984 Silkwood Nominated
1989 Working Girl Nominated
1994 Best Picture The Remains of the Day Nominated

Tony Award

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1964 Best Direction of a Play Barefoot in the Park Won [5]
1965 Luv and The Odd Couple Won
1967 Best Direction of a Musical The Apple Tree Nominated
1968 Best Direction of a Play Plaza Suite Won
1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Won
1974 Uncle Vanya Nominated
1977 Best Musical Annie Won
Best Direction of a Play Comedians Nominated
Streamers Nominated
1978 The Gin Game Nominated
Best Play Nominated
1984 Best Direction of a Play The Real Thing Won
2003 Best Special Theatrical Event The Play What I Wrote Nominated
2005 Best Direction of a Musical Monty Python's Spamalot Won
Best Special Theatrical Event Whoopi the 25th Anniversary Show Nominated
2012 Best Direction of a Play Death of a Salesman Won

Major associations

British Academy Film Awards

YearCategoryTitleResultsRef.
1967 Best Film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Won [4]
1968 The Graduate Won
Best Director Won
1994 Best Film The Remains of the Day Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryTitleResultsRef.
1967 Best Director Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated [6]
1968 The Graduate Won
1984 Silkwood Nominated
1989 Working Girl Nominated
2005 Closer Nominated

Drama Desk Award

YearCategoryTitleResultsRef.
1976 Outstanding Director of a Play Streamers Nominated [5]
1977 Comedians Won
1978 The Gin Game Nominated
1984 The Real Thing Nominated
2005 Outstanding Director of a Musical Spamalot Nominated
2012Outstanding Director of a Play Death of a Salesman Won

Honorary Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "16 stars who are EGOT winners". Entertainment Weekly . July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mike Nichols - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". emmys.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Mike Nichols - Artist". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Mike Nichols - Awards". Internet Movie Database . Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Mike Nichols - Director". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Winners & Nominees - Mike Nichols". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
  8. ↑ "Looking Up to The Stars" (PDF). San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 1989.
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