Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols · Arts & Literature
EGOT-winning director of The Graduate.
1931, Berlin, Germany — 2014, New York City, USA
Germany · United States
Mike Nichols is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — EGOT-winning director of The Graduate.
Mike Nichols was a German-born American director whose film 'The Graduate' won him the Academy Award for Best Director, and who became one of the rare EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Born Michael Igor Peschkowsky into a Jewish family in Berlin, he fled Nazi Germany as a child in 1939. He was a founding figure of improvisational comedy and directed landmark stage and screen works including 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'Angels in America.'
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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EGOT-winning director of The Graduate.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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