# List of awards and nominations received by Mike Nichols

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Mike Nichols.
Mike Nichols is an American filmmaker, producer, comedian, and theatre director. He is one of the few entertainers to have won the "EGOT"; the Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony awards for television, film and theatre. He also received numerous honors including the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala tribute in 1999, Peabody Award in 2001, Kennedy Center Honors in 2003, and AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010
Nichols received five Academy Award nominations, winning Best Director for The Graduate (1967). He was also nominated for his work on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), and for producing The Remains of the Day (1993).
Nichols is also known for his extensive work on Broadway, receiving 16 Tony Award nominations and winning 8 Tony Awards for Barefoot in the Park (1964), Luv/The Odd Couple (1965), Plaza Suite (1968), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972), Annie (1977), The Real Thing (1984), Monty Python's Spamalot (2005), and Death of a Salesman (2012). Nichols also received Primetime Emmy Awards for Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003).
For his collaborations with Elaine May, Nichols was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning for Best Comedy Album in 1962.

## Major associations
### Academy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1966 | Best Director | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Director | The Graduate | Won |
| 1983 | Best Director | Silkwood | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Director | Working Girl | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Picture | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1967 | Best Film | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won |
| 1968 | Best Film | The Graduate | Won |
| 1968 | Best Director | The Graduate | Won |
| 1994 | Best Film | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |

### Emmy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1977 | Outstanding Drama Series | Family | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Wit | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie | Wit | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Wit | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Miniseries | Angels in America | Won |
| 2004 | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie | Angels in America | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1966 | Best Director | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Director | The Graduate | Won |
| 1983 | Best Director | Silkwood | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Director | Working Girl | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Director | Closer | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1959 | Best Documentary or Spoken Word | Improvisations to Music | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Comedy Album | Improvisations to Music | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Comedy Album | An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May | Won |
| 1963 | Best Comedy Album | Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors | Nominated |

### Tony Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1964 | Best Direction of a Play | Barefoot in the Park | Won |
| 1965 | Best Direction of a Play | Luv and The Odd Couple | Won |
| 1967 | Best Direction of a Musical | The Apple Tree | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Direction of a Play | Plaza Suite | Won |
| 1972 | Best Direction of a Play | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Won |
| 1974 | Best Direction of a Play | Uncle Vanya | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Musical | Annie | Won |
| 1977 | Best Direction of a Play | Comedians | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Direction of a Play | Streamers | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Direction of a Play | The Gin Game | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Play | The Gin Game | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Direction of a Play | The Real Thing | Won |
| 2003 | Best Special Theatrical Event | The Play What I Wrote | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Direction of a Musical | Monty Python's Spamalot | Won |
| 2005 | Best Special Theatrical Event | Whoopi the 25th Anniversary Show | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Direction of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Won |

## Other theatre awards

| Year | Category | Title | Results |
| Drama Desk Award |||||
| 1976 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Streamers | Nominated |
| 1977 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Comedians | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Gin Game | Nominated |
| 1984 | Outstanding Director of a Play | The Real Thing | Nominated |
| 2005 | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Spamalot | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Director of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Won |

## Honorary Awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| American Academy of Achievement | 1989 | Golden Plate Award | Honored |
| Film Society of Lincoln Center | 1999 | Chaplin Award and Gala tribute | Honored |
| Peabody Award | 2001 | Award for Wit | Honored |
| Kennedy Center Honors | 2003 | Inductee and Medal | Honored |
| American Film Institute | 2010 | AFI Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |