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From groundbreaking standup comedy with future screenwriter Elaine
May through early stage and subsequent film triumphs as a director,
Mike Nichols has carved out a unique profile shaped by his origins
as an urbane outsider. Born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin
to a distinguished Russian-German couple, he emigrated to America
as a refugee from the Nazi threat, his collegiate inclination
toward psychiatry offering a telling clue to the interior acuity
that would inform his art. Reliably entertaining and drolly intellectual,
Nichols
has repeatedly crafted broadly entertaining movies that carry
thematic heft whether rooted in drama, comedy, or shrewd fusions
of both.
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