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Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris Penguin Press For decades, Mike Nichols was one of the most recognized names in theater and film, but very few people really knew the legendary director — even, it seems, himself. At least that's the impression one gets from Mike Nichols: A Life, Mark Harris' comprehensive new biography of the auteur. And he makes a great argument — even in childhood, Nichols was "alone on his planet and at home nowhere," and he would always see himself as an outsider, even as he became one of the most celebrated directors of his generation. It's difficul...

'Mike Nichols: A Life' Biographer Mark Harris on Writing an Honest Book About a Famous Friend Adam B. Vary, provided by Jan. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail When the American Film Institute announced that it was giving its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Nichols, the event instantly became the hottest ticket in town. As recounted in Mark Harris’ upcoming biography “Mike Nichols: A Life,” not only did just about all of Nichols’ most celebrated collaborators — Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Jack Nicholson, Nora Ephron, Emma Thompson, Warren Beatty, Nata...

Penguin: 688 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Mike Nichols was a relatively novice filmmaker when he shot “The Graduate,” and the first time he saw it with a paying audience, he wondered if he’d made a dud. Nichols and its star, Dustin Hoffman, were sitting together in the balcony, unsure how it was playing, when the answer rose up like thunder from below: The audience was on its feet, cheering. “We were speechless,” Nichols said. “We didn’t understand why people were goi...