FILM DIRECTOR

Mike Nichols

1931 - 2014

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Mike Nichols (born Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. He is one of 21 people to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). His other honors included three BAFTA Awards, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Nichols is the 259th most popular film director (up from 295th in 2019), the 1,492nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,627th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Film Director.

Mike Nichols is most famous for directing and starring in the movie The Graduate.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mike Nichols ranks 259 out of 2,041. Before him are Henry Hathaway, Anatole Litvak, Shohei Imamura, Jacques Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, and John Sturges. After him are Sven Nykvist, Jane Campion, Roger Corman, Jean Epstein, Gus Van Sant, and Claude Sautet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mike Nichols ranks 94. Before him are Telê Santana, Ike Turner, Ferenc Mádl, Dries van Agt, Takashi Mizuno, and Clive Cussler. After him are Charles Taylor, Mauricio Kagel, Toshiki Kaifu, Lamberto Dini, E. C. George Sudarshan, and Pierre Nora. Among people deceased in 2014, Mike Nichols ranks 77. Before him are Leo Tindemans, Hilderaldo Bellini, Étienne Mourrut, Věra Chytilová, David Easton, and P. D. James. After him are Milan Galić, Karl Albrecht, Henry Hartsfield, Vladimir Beara, Hal Finney, and Billy Milligan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mike Nichols ranks 1,492 out of 7,253. Before him are William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Gretl Braun (1915), Martin Schulz (1955), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697). After him are André Previn (1929), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Philipp Bouhler (1899), Carl Ludwig (1816), and Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Mike Nichols ranks 14. Before him are Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Roland Emmerich (1955), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), and Thea von Harbou (1888). After him are Douglas Sirk (1897), Robert Siodmak (1900), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), and Wolfgang Reitherman (1909).

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