Mike Nichols

导演, 制片人, 演员, 编剧

1931年11月6日 — 2014年11月19日 (83 years)
Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was a German-born American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their acting experience. Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe, The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago. He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv acts were a hit on Broadway resulting in three albums, with their debut album winning a Grammy Award.

After Nichols and May disbanded their act in 1961, Nichols began directing plays. He soon earned a reputation as a skilled Broadway director with a flair for creating innovative productions and the ability to elicit polished performances from actors. His debut Broadway play was Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. He next directed Luv in 1964 and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple. Nichols received a Tony Award for each of those plays. Nearly five decades later, he won his sixth Tony Award as best director with a revival of Death of a Salesman in 2012. During his career, he directed or produced over twenty-five Broadway plays.

In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The groundbreaking and acclaimed film led critics to declare Nichols the "new Orson Welles". The film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, winning five. It was also a box office hit and became the number 1 film of 1966. His next film was The Graduate in 1967, starring then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. The film was another critical and financial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1967 and receiving seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Directing. Among the other films he directed were Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Wolf (1994), The Birdcage (1996), Closer (2004), and Charlie Wilson's War (2007).

Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award (the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards and nine Tony Awards. He was also a three-time BAFTA Award winner. His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. His films garnered a total of 42 Academy Award nominations and seven wins.

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Plex 上的电影与电视节目

  • 毕业生
    毕业生1967
  • 老友有喜
    老友有喜2011
  • 猎爱的人
    猎爱的人1971

知名作品

  • 毕业生
    毕业生1967
  • 偷心
    偷心2004
  • 查理·威尔森的战争
    查理·威尔森的战争2007
  • 告别有情天
    告别有情天1993
  • 鸟笼
    鸟笼1996
  • 上班女郎
    上班女郎1988
  • 狼人生死恋
    狼人生死恋1994
  • 天使在美国
    天使在美国6 episodes
  • 意外的人生
    意外的人生1991
  • 丝克伍事件
    丝克伍事件1983
  • 风起云涌
    风起云涌1998
  • 抛开自我空间
    抛开自我空间2001
  • 第二十二条军规
    第二十二条军规1970
  • 来自边缘的明信片
    来自边缘的明信片1990
  • 天才大兵
    天才大兵1988
  • 猎爱的人
    猎爱的人1971
  • 心火
    心火1986
  • 外星人的使命
    外星人的使命2000
  • 海豚之日
    海豚之日1973
  • 财富
    财富1975

影視作品