10 Things: Mike Nichols

Posted by Dave on November 6, 2012
Posted in: Film, Movies. Tagged: , , , , . 1 Comment

  1. Born: November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany
  2. Real name: Michael Igor Peschkowsky
  3. Third cousin, twice removed, to: Albert Einstein
  4. Oscar nominations for directorial debut: 13 for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  5. Was once called: “The new Orson Welles.”
  6. Met his wife, Elaine May, at: Chicago’s Compass Players (forerunner to Second City)
  7. His first choices to play Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate: Doris Day and Jeanne Moreau
  8. Grammy Award co-winner: Best Comedy Album (with Elaine May), 1962
  9. Fun fact: Skipped classes at University of Chicago to attend theatrical activities
  10. Lifelong pursuit: Raising Arabian horses

Elaine May spoke in 2003 at the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Awards tribute to Mike Nichols:

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