(Director, Executive Producer)

Mike Nichols won his first of seven Tony Awards for "Barefoot in the Park." He then directed an unprecedented string of hits that included: "The Knack," "Luv" (Best Director Tony), "The Odd Couple" (Best Director Tony), "The Apple Tree," "Plaza Suite" (Best Director Tony), "Prisoner of Second Avenue" (Best Director Tony), "The Gin Game" (1978 Pulitzer Prize) and "Streamers" (New York Drama Critics Award). He directed successful revivals of "The Little Foxes" and "Uncle Vanya," and the U.S. productions of "Comedians," as well as "The Real Thing" (Best Director Tony), "Hurlyburly," "Social Security," "Waiting for Godot" and "Death and the Maiden." As a theatrical producer, he presented "Whoopi Goldberg on Broadway" and won the Tony for his blockbuster show "Annie."

Nichols directed his first film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," in 1966, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Director, and for which Elizabeth Taylor won a Best Actress Academy Award.® In 1967, he directed "The Graduate," for which he won the Academy Award® for Best Director, the Directors Guild Award and the New York Film Critics Award. His subsequent films include "Catch-22," "Carnal Knowledge," "Silkwood" (Best Director Academy Award® nomination), "Working Girl" (Best Director Academy Award® nomination), "Postcards from the Edge," "Regarding Henry" and "Wolf." He was reunited with former collaborator Elaine May on "The Birdcage" and "Primary Colors," which May wrote and Nichols produced and directed. Nichols directed Emma Thompson in the HBO Films production of "Wit," which won him the 2001 Emmy Award® for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, as well as the Emmy® for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. Nichols and Thompson also received the 2001 Humanitas Award for Best Screenplay for "Wit."