As a child, he was a refugee from Nazi Germany. By age 12, he had been certified as a genius. In his late twenties, he was half of a popular comedy act. By his late thirties, he was an acclaimed and award-winning director of stage and screen. As the 20th Century gave way to the 21st, Mike Nichols was celebrated as a show business legend who still had some of his best work before him.Born in Berlin in 1931, Nichols (born as Michael Igor Peschowsky) emigrated with his brother Robert to the USA in 1939. Sent to live with his doctor father, he and his sibling were soon placed with an
