# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-nichols
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:25:51.070Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-nichols"
name: "Mike Nichols"
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description: "Mike Nichols 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 28 people to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). His other honors included three BAFTA Awards, the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins."
tagline: "American director and comedian (1931–2014)"
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birthDate: "1931-11-06"
deathDate: "2014-11-19"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump