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Mike Nichols Biography and Timeline

Follow Mike Nichols through 27 dated historical records for United States of America.

Mike Nichols, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1931–2014Years on this page

1931

Birth of Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky

Berlin · Arts / Cinema

Birth of Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky)

1944

Naturalization

Arts / Cinema

Becomes a naturalized US Citizen

1963

Stage Play

Arts / Theatre

Directs Barefoot in the Park in Broadway

1965

Stage Play

Arts / Theatre

Directs The Odd Couple in Broadway

Toby Award

Arts / Theatre

Wins a Toby Award for directing the stage play "Luv"

1966

Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Arts / Cinema

Directs a screen adaptation of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

1967

Graduate

Arts / Cinema

Directs The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross

1968

Academy Award

Arts / Cinema

Academy Award for Best Director The Graduate

BAFTA

Arts / Cinema

BAFTA Award for Best Director The Graduate

Golden Globe

Arts / Cinema

Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Graduate

Teach Me

Arts / Cinema

Directs Teach Me!

1970

Catch-22 Film

Director · Film director · United States of America · Arts / Cinema

Directs the film adaptation of Catch-22

Role range: 2014

1971

Carnal Knowledge

Arts / Cinema

Directs Carnal Knowledge

1977

Tony Award

Arts / Theatre

Tony Award for Best Musical Annie

1983

Silkwood

Arts / Cinema

Directs Silkwood

1984

Tony Award

Arts / Theatre

Tony Award for Best Play The Real Thing

1988

Working Girl

Arts / Cinema

Directs Working Girl

1990

Postcards from the Edge

Arts / Cinema

Directs Postcards from the Edge

1996

Birdcage

Arts / Cinema

Directs The Birdcage

2001

Emmy Award

Arts / Cinema

Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie Wit

2004

Emmy Award

Arts / Theatre

Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Angels in America

2005

Tony Award

Arts / Theatre

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Spamalot

2007

Charlie Wilson's War

Arts / Cinema

Directs The Charlie Wilson's War

2010

Life Achievement Award

Arts / Cinema

Winner of the AFI Life Achievement Award

2012

Stage Play

Arts / Theatre

Directs Death of a Salesman in Broadway

Tony Award

Arts / Theatre

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Death of a Salesman

2014

Death of Mike Nichols

Arts / Cinema

Death of Mike Nichols

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.