Mike Nichols: American Masters
| Mike Nichols: American Masters | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Susan Lacy |
| Directed by | Elaine May |
| Starring | Mike Nichols |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Julian Schlossberg Michael Kantor Roy Furman |
| Cinematography | Michael Claeys |
| Editors | Michael Claeys Phillip Schopper |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production companies | Jumer Productions Witnesses Documentary Productions Bennington Productions Thirteen Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS WNET |
| Release | January 29, 2016 |
Mike Nichols: American Masters is a 2016 documentary film directed by Elaine May about the life of Mike Nichols[1] broadcast on the PBS series American Masters. It is derived from a lengthy interview with Nichols conducted by producer Julian Schlossberg. Brian Lowry of Variety has called it "the last memorable Nichols-May collaboration."[2] Richard Brody said that although it is not a major contribution to May's life's work, it "is nonetheless distinctive in its sparseness, its fixed and almost obsessive concentration on Nichols’s face and voice... [it's] May’s highest tribute to Nichols."[3]
Participants
[edit]- Mike Nichols
- Renata Adler
- Emanuel Azenberg
- Bob Balaban
- Alec Baldwin
- Matthew Broderick
- James L. Brooks
- Stanley Donen
- Jules Feiffer
- Tom Hanks
- Alex Hassilev
- Dustin Hoffman
- Tony Kushner
- Nathan Lane
- Frank Langella
- Elaine May
- Jack Rollins
- Neil Simon
- Paul Simon
- Steven Spielberg
- Meryl Streep
- Robin Williams
References
[edit]- ^ "First Documentary on Mike Nichols Will Launch 30th Season of American Masters". pbs.org. November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (January 26, 2016). "TV Review: 'American Masters: Mike Nichols'". Variety. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Brody, Richard (January 29, 2016). "A Lovingly Obsessive Tribute to Mike Nichols, by Elaine May". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
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