Editing Mike Nichols (section)

===Direction for Oscar-related performances===
Nichols has directed multiple Oscar winning and nominated performances.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Performer
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#DDDAFE; text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]'''
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1967]]
| [[Richard Burton]]
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[40th Academy Awards|1968]]
| [[Dustin Hoffman]]
| ''[[The Graduate]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#DDDAFE; text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]'''
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1967]]
| [[Elizabeth Taylor]]
| ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Academy Awards|1968]]
| [[Anne Bancroft]]
| ''The Graduate''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[56th Academy Awards|1984]]
| [[Meryl Streep]]
| ''[[Silkwood]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[61st Academy Awards|1989]]
| [[Melanie Griffith]]
| ''[[Working Girl]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[63rd Academy Awards|1991]]
| Meryl Streep 
| ''[[Postcards from the Edge (film)|Postcards from the Edge]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#DDDAFE; text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]'''
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1967]]
| [[George Segal]]
| ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[77th Academy Awards|2005]]
| [[Clive Owen]]
| ''[[Closer (film)|Closer]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[80th Academy Awards|2008]]
| [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]
| ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#DDDAFE; text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]'''
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1967]]
| [[Sandy Dennis]]
| ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Academy Awards|1968]]
| [[Katharine Ross]]
| ''The Graduate''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[44th Academy Awards|1972]]
| [[Ann-Margret]]
| ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[56th Academy Awards|1984]]
| [[Cher]]
| ''Silkwood''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[61st Academy Awards|1989]]
| [[Joan Cusack]]
| rowspan="2"|''Working Girl''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Sigourney Weaver]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[71st Academy Awards|1999]]
| [[Kathy Bates]]
| ''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[77th Academy Awards|2005]]
| [[Natalie Portman]]
| ''Closer''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}