Biography of mike nichols
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&#;Mike Nichols: A Life&#; Biography Optioned By Producer Peter Spears, Eyes Feature Film
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Nomadland producer Peter Spears has optioned Mike Nichols: A Life, the biography of the director by Mark Harris, for development as a dramatic feature film.
The planned adaptation of the book, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, will not be a cradle-to-grave biography but instead will focus on a young Nichols as he journeys from Broadway to Hollywood to make his first film, &#;s Who&#;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, depicting his high-stakes collaboration with the film&#;s two married stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Spears will develop the film for his production company Cor Cordium. His other producing credits include the Oscar-winning Call Me by Your Name () and Bones and All () as well as On Swift Horses with Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva and Will Poulter, which will open lat
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Mike Nichols
American film and theatre director (–)
For other people named Mike Nichols, see Mike Nichols (disambiguation).
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| Born | Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky ()November 6, Berlin, Germany |
| Died | November 19, () (aged&#;83) New York City, U.S. |
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| Alma&#;mater | University of Chicago |
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| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouses | Patricia Scott &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Margot Callas &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Annabel Davis-Goff &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Rachel Nichols (daughter-in-law) |
Mike Nichols (born Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky; November 6, – November 19, ) 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
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