| 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 |
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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]