Mike Nichols was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He is an American Emmy Award, Academy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award-winning stage and film director, writer, and producer.

Nichols directed his first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, in 1966, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director, and for which Elizabeth Taylor won a Best Actress Academy Award. In 1967, he directed The Graduate, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Award. His subsequent films include Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood (Best Director Academy Award nomination), Working Girl (Best Director Academy Award nomination), Biloxi Blues, Postcards from the Edge, Regarding Henry and Wolf. He shared a nomination for Best Picture for James Ivory's Remains of the Day, on which he served as producer.

Nichols directed Emma Thompson in the HBO Films production of Wit, which won him the 2001 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, as well as the Emmy for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

His last projects include Wolf (1994), What Planet Are You From? (2000) and Closer (2004).

Nichols has been married four times, most notably to TV journalist Diane Sawyer, whom he wed on April 29, 1988.

Director

• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• Closer (2004)
• "Angels in America" (4 episodes, 2003)
• Wit (2001) (TV)
• What Planet Are You From? (2000)
• Primary Colors (1998)
• The Birdcage (1996)
• Wolf (1994)
• Regarding Henry (1991)
• Postcards from the Edge (1990)
• Working Girl (1988)
• Biloxi Blues (1988)
• Heartburn (1986)
• Silkwood (1983)
• Gilda Live (1980)
• The Fortune (1975)
• The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
• Carnal Knowledge (1971)
• Catch-22 (1970)
• Teach Me! (1968)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Awards

• Producers Guild of America David L. Wolper Award Producer of the Year for long-form television "Angels in America" 2005
• Directors Guild of America Best Director of a television movie "Angels in America" 2004
• Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement 2004
• Producers Guild Visonary Award "Angels in America" 2004
• Humanitas Prize PBS/Cable (90 minutes or longer) "Wit" 2001
• National Board of Review Award Best Film Made for Cable TV "Wit" 2001
• Directors Guild of America Honors Filmmaker Award 2000
• Emmy Outstanding Made for Television Movie "Wit" 2000 - 1
• Emmy Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special "Wit" 2000 - 1
• American Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement 1994
• Tony Director of a Play "The Real Thing" 1984
• Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play "Comedians" 1977
• Tony Best Musical "Annie" 1977
• Tony Director (Dramatic) "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" 1972
• Special Outer Critics Circle Award "Plaza Suite" 1969
• British Film Academy Award Best Director "The Graduate" 1968
• Tony Director (Dramatic) "Plaza Suite" 1968
• Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film "The Graduate" 1967
• Golden Globe Award Best Director "The Graduate" 1967
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Director "The Graduate" 1967
• Oscar Best Director "The Graduate" 1967
• Outer Critics Circle Award Directing 1966
• Tony Director (Dramatic) "Luv" and "The Odd Couple" 1965
• Tony Director (Dramatic) "Barefoot in the Park" 1964
• Grammy Best Comedy Performance "An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May" 1961