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Mike Nichols is a legend in the entertainment industry, honored for his contributions to both stage and screen, in front of and behind the camera. He was recently honored by the Directors Guild of America with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the film medium over the past four decades. In September he received a Best Director Emmy for the HBO production Angels in America, which won a record 11 Emmys.
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At the time of writing Mike Nichols was in pre-production for a film version of the play Wit, scheduled for release in 2001, with Emma Thompson chosen for the role created by Kathleen Chalfant on the New York and London stages. About a woman professor in process of coming to terms with her terminal cancer, the play is both searing and inspirational, but clearly too somber to serve the commercial interests of the big screen and is being made for television. It is... Mike Nichols's most uncompromisingly serious-minded venture to date, and indicative of why he holds a respected place as a director of true substance.
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A deft humorist and social critic, director Mike Nichols has managed to skewer mainstream sensibilities in crowd-pleasing work throughout most of his career. Collaborating with such renowned writers as Buck Henry and original stage partner Elaine May, the theatrically trained Nichols excelled at adapting plays and novels for the screen, and eliciting superb performances from his actors.
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Only the gorgeous got cast in ''Closer," Mike Nichols's new movie: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen, and Natalie Portman costar. The director says he barely noticed the per-pound beauty ratio. He says no one else would, either.
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Mike Nichols director movies DVDs filmography available to buy at CDUniverse are listed below. Information on films includes: other actor and actress, star cast and crew information, reviews, director, photo of cover art, product pics and more.
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Mike Nichols was awarded Oscar as Best director for The Graduate (1967), which affirmed his highest acumen. Most of his movies offered a penetrating insight into basically puzzled postmodern American consciousness. The movies presented isolated characters using illusion as their weapon to defend against hard reality or disillusioned of social values.
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