Director of the The Graduate, Silkwood, Remains of the Day dies

November 20, 2014 17:49

If you've just joined us, Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for directing the 1967 film, The Graduate, has died aged 83.

The BBC reports that the German-born US director was also Oscar nominated for his work on Working Girl, The Remains of the Day, Silkwood and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Nichols was one of only 12 stars to win all four major US entertainment awards - an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.His last film was 2007's Charlie Wilson's War, starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

The director was married to ABC News presenter Diane Sawyer - his fourth wife - whom he wed in 1988.

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