FILM DIRECTOR

Mike Nichols

1931 - 2014

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Mike Nichols (born Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. He is one of 21 people to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Nichols has received more than 5,316,715 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Mike Nichols is the 295th most popular film director (down from 293rd in 2019), the 1,627th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,593rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Film Director.

Mike Nichols is most famous for directing and starring in the movie The Graduate.

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  • 5.3M

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  • 58.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mike Nichols ranks 295 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Bay, Barbet Schroeder, Sven Nykvist, Rouben Mamoulian, Makoto Shinkai, and Michael Cacoyannis. After him are Stanley Kramer, Márta Mészáros, Shin Sang-ok, Ousmane Sembène, Mamoru Oshii, and Mikhail Kalatozov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mike Nichols ranks 95. Before him are Anthony de Mello, Samir Amin, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Swigert, John Charles, and Juan Goytisolo. After him are Angie Dickinson, Lamberto Dini, Márta Mészáros, Mauricio Kagel, Seyni Kountché, and Tom Wesselmann. Among people deceased in 2014, Mike Nichols ranks 87. Before him are Ralph H. Baer, Joan Rivers, Gottfried John, B. K. S. Iyengar, Run Run Shaw, and Riz Ortolani. After him are Milan Galić, Louis Zamperini, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Fred Phelps, Stuart Hall, and Jack Bruce.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mike Nichols ranks 1,627 out of 7,253. Before him are August Kopff (1882), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783). After him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Carl Loewe (1796), Alfred Einstein (1880), William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), and Hannah Pick-Goslar (1928).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Mike Nichols ranks 16. Before him are Roland Emmerich (1955), Max Ophüls (1902), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Douglas Sirk (1897), Thea von Harbou (1888), and Robert Siodmak (1900). After him are Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), Walter Ruttmann (1887), and Oskar Fischinger (1900).

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Filmography

Closer
Director
A love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Four strangers - with one thing in common: each other.
Dec 3o 20046.831 / 10
The Graduate
Director
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Dec 21o 19677.6 / 10
Charlie Wilson's War
Director
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Dec 19o 20076.5 / 10