Mike Nichols on screen and stage

Mike Nichols in 2010

Mike Nichols was an American comedian, director, and producer of the stage and screen. He began his career in the 1950s as a comedian alongside Elaine May doing improvisational comedy. Together they formed the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv act was a hit sensation on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 1962. Nichols also became known as a director of plays on the Broadway stage including Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963), The Odd Couple (1965), and Plaza Suite (1968). He also directed acclaimed revival productions of Anton Chekov's The Seagull (2002), Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (2012) and Harold Pinter's Betrayal (2013).

Nichols was also known as a film director breaking out with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and The Graduate (1967) starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Nichols continued directing acclaimed films such as the war film Catch-22 (1970), the sexual coming of age drama Carnal Knowledge (1971), the drama Silkwood (1983), the romantic comedy Working Girl (1988), the farce comedy The Birdcage (1996), the political drama Primary Colors (1998), the romantic drama Closer (2004), and biographical drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Nichols also became known for his work on television directing HBO adaptations of Margaret Edson's Wit (2001) and Tony Kushner's Angels in America (2003) starring Meryl Streep and Al Pacino.

Theatre

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Performer	Venue	Ref.
1960	An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May	No	No	Yes	Yes	John Golden Theatre	[1]
1963	Barefoot in the Park	Yes	No	No	No	The Biltmore Theatre	[1]
1964	The Knack	Yes	No	No	No	New Theatre	[1]
	Luv	Yes	No	No	No	Helen Hayes Theatre	[2]
1965	The Odd Couple	Yes	No	No	No	Plymouth Theatre	[3]
1966	The Apple Tree	Yes	No	No	No	Shubert Theatre	[4]
1967	The Little Foxes	Yes	No	No	No	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	[3]
1968	Plaza Suite	Yes	No	No	No	Plymouth Theatre	[3]
1971	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Yes	No	No	No	Eugene O'Neill Theatre	[3]
1973	Uncle Vanya	Yes	No	No	No	Circle in the Square Theatre	[5]
1976	Streamers	Yes	No	No	No	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre	[5]
	Comedians	Yes	No	No	No	Music Box Theatre	[5]
1977	Annie	No	Yes	No	No	Eugene O'Neill Theatre	[5]
	The Gin Game	Yes	Yes	No	No	John Golden Theatre	[5]
1978	Drinks Before Dinner	Yes	No	No	No	Public Theater	[1]
1980	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	No	No	No	Yes	Long Wharf Theatre
	Billy Bishop Goes to War	No	Yes	No	No	Morosco Theatre	[5]
	Lunch Hour	Yes	No	No	No	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	[5]
1981	Fools	Yes	No	No	No	Eugene O'Neill Theatre	[5]
	Grown Ups	No	Yes	No	No	Lyceum Theatre	[5]
1984	The Real Thing	Yes	No	No	No	Plymouth Theatre	[5]
	Hurlyburly	Yes	No	No	No	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	[5]
	Whoopi Goldberg	No	Yes	No	No	Lyceum Theatre	[5]
1986	Social Security	Yes	No	No	No	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	[5]
1987	Standup Shakespeare	Yes	No	No	No	Theatre 890	[1]
1988	Waiting for Godot	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center	[5]
1990	Eliot Loves	Yes	Yes	No	No	Goodman Theatre	[3]
1992	Death and the Maiden	Yes	No	No	No	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	[5]
1996	The Designated Mourner	No	No	No	Yes	Royal National Theatre	[3]
1999	James Naughton: Street of Dreams	Yes	No	No	No	Promenade Theatre	[5]
2001	The Seagull	Yes	No	No	No	The Public Theater, Off-Broadway	[5]
2003	The Play What I Wrote	No	Yes	No	No	Lyceum Theatre	[5]
2004	Whoopi: The 25th Anniversary Show	No	Yes	No	No		[5]
2005	Spamalot	Yes	No	No	No	Shubert Theatre	[5]
2008	The Country Girl	Yes	No	No	No	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre	[5]
2012	Death of a Salesman	Yes	No	No	No	Ethel Barrymore Theatre	[5]
2013	Betrayal	Yes	No	No	No		[5]

Film

See also: Category:Films directed by Mike Nichols

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1966	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Yes	No	Based on the 1962 play by Edward Albee
1967	The Graduate	Yes	No	Based on the 1963 novella by Charles Webb
1968	Teach Me!	Yes	No	Short film; Also writer
1970	Catch-22	Yes	No	Based on the 1961 novel by Joseph Heller
1971	Carnal Knowledge	Yes	Yes
1973	The Day of the Dolphin	Yes	No	Based on the 1967 novel by Robert Merle
1975	The Fortune	Yes	Yes
1980	Gilda Live	Yes	No	Documentary
1983	Silkwood	Yes	Yes	Based on Who Killed Karen Silkwood? by Howard Kohn
1986	Heartburn	Yes	Yes	Based on the 1983 novel by Nora Ephron
1988	Biloxi Blues	Yes	No	Based on the 1984 play by Neil Simon
	Working Girl	Yes	No
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Yes	Yes	Based on the 1987 novel by Carrie Fisher
1991	Regarding Henry	Yes	Yes
1993	The Remains of the Day	No	Yes	Based on the 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
1994	Wolf	Yes	No
1996	The Birdcage	Yes	Yes	Based on La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret and the 1978 film by Édouard Molinaro, Francis Veber, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret
1998	Primary Colors	Yes	Yes	Based on Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Joe Klein
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Yes	Yes
2004	Closer	Yes	Yes	Based on the 1997 play by Patrick Marber
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Yes	No	Based on Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile III

Executive producer

• The Longshot (1986)
• Friends with Kids (2011)
• Crescendo! The Power of Music (2014) (Documentary)

Performer

• The Designated Mourner (1997) as Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1957–1958	The Steve Allen Show	Himself	2 episodes	[6]
1958	Omnibus	Performer	Episode: "The Suburban Review"
	The DuPont Show of the Month	Rod Carter	Episode: "The Red Mill"
1959–1960	The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	5 episodes
1960	Playhouse 90	Arthur Millman	Episode: "Journey to the Day"
	What's My Line?	Himself	Episode: "Elaine May & Mike Nichols"
1962	President Kennedy's Birthday Salute	Himself	Television special
1964–1965	The Jack Paar Program	Himself (guest)	6 episodes
1976	Family		Producer Television series
1986	Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special	Himself (cameo)	Television special
2001	Wit		Director, writer, and executive producer Television movie
2003	Angels in America		Director and executive producer Miniseries, 6 episodes

Discography

• Improvisations to Music (1958) Mercury ^[7] ASIN   B000W0V9BW
• An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960) Mercury ASIN   B000W06CCS
• Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors (1961) Mercury MG 20680/SR 60680 ASIN   B000W0AGDY
• In Retrospect (1962) Polygram, compilation, re-released as compact disc in 1996 ASIN   B000001EKT

See also

• Mike Nichols' unrealized projects

References

1. "Mike Nichols Broadway Credits". Playbill .
2. "Mike Nichols Broadway and Theatre credits". Broadway World .
3. "Mike Nichols theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com.
4. "The Apple Tree — 1966 — Broadway". Broadway World .
5. "Mike Nichols Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos".
6. Mike Nichols on screen and stage at IMDb
7. Anon. (December 15, 1958). "Sold Out". Billboard . p. 17. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

External links

• Mike Nichols Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010 on YouTube - American Film Institute
• 2010 Life Achievement Award - American Film Institute
• The Evolution of Mike Nichols, New York article
• Mike Nichols on screen and stage at IMDb