Today the industry lost an amazing asset to the world of directors, Mike Nichols. Mike has personally been a favorite director of mine having directed some of my favorite films, "The Graduate", "Closer", and of course "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which is shown in the clip above. This clip alone, in which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton beautifully play to their brands, is a wonderful tribute to Mike as a director. Not only did Mike direct some of Hollywood's most legendary pictures he had a big helping hand in some of our most beloved actor's oscar winning performances, including Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman. Nichols was know for bringing out the best in his actors- “I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.”- Nichols. Rest in Peace Mike, you will be sorely missed.
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