Mike Nichols

Born in Berlin in 1931, the renowned film and theater director Mike Nichols began his career as an actor in a comedy troupe before making his Tony Award-winning directorial debut with the 1964 Broadway production "Barefoot in the Park." Expanding into film, he directed "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and then "The Graduate," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1967. He is one of only a handful of individuals who have received Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy awards. Updated 2007