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]
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Written by | Susan Lacy |
Directed by | Elaine May |
Starring | Mike Nichols |
Original language | English |
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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 |
Distributor | American Masters |
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Original network | PBS WNET |
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