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Director, Producer, Executive Producer Born: November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany Biography: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.
Born Michael Peschkowsky in Berlin, Nichols and his family emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, to escape the Nazis. Though his father's death several years later left his family poor, Nichols worked his way through college at the University of Chicago, where he decided to become an actor. After studying with "Lee Strasberg" in New York, Nichols headed back to Chicago, where he formed an improv group with several actors, including "May" and "Alan Arkin". Their comic and critical sensibilities well matched, Nichols... Full Biography
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