Mike Nichols (Nov. 6, 1931 – Nov. 19, 2014) was an extraordinarily prolific and talented film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian. His many directorial film credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), The Birdcage (1996), Closer, (2004) and Charlie Wilson’s War (2007). Nichols received Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony awards for his work.
Quote: “I never understand when people say, ‘Do you do comedy or tragedy?’ I don’t think they’re very much different. They both have to be true, and there isn’t a great play in the world that doesn’t have funny parts to it — as ‘Salesman’ does, as ‘King Lear’ does. The whole idea is to reflect life in some way, which means surely you have to have both.”
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