MikeNichols:ALife

MikeNicholsburstontothesceneasawunderkind:whilestillinhistwenties,hewashalfofahitimprovduowithElaineMaythatwasthetalkofthecountry.Nexthedirectedfourconsecutivehitplays,wonback-to-backTonys,usheredinaneweraofHollywoodmoviemakingwithWho'sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?,andfolloweditwithTheGraduate,whichwonhimanOscarandbecamethethird-highest-grossingmovieever.Atthirty-five,helivedinathree-storyCentralParkWestpenthouse,droveaRolls-Royce,collectedArabianhorses,andcountedJacquelineKennedy,ElizabethTaylor,LeonardBernstein,andRichardAvedonasfriends.