Editing Mike Nichols (section)

===2000–2016: Career expansion and later work ===
In the 2000s, Nichols directed the films ''[[What Planet Are You From?]]'' (2000), ''[[Closer (2004 film)|Closer]]'' (2004) and ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]'' (2007), a political drama that was ultimately his final feature film. ''What Planet Are You From?'' received mixed reviews from critics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/what-planet-are-you-from |title=What Planet Are You From?: Reviews |access-date=November 22, 2014 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> while ''Closer'' and ''Charlie Wilson's War'' received generally positive reviews<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/closer |title=Closer (2004): Reviews |access-date=November 22, 2014 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-date=April 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413154352/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/closer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/charliewilsonswar |title=Charlie Wilson's War (2007): Reviews |access-date=November 22, 2014 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> and were both nominated for [[Academy Awards]], [[BAFTA]] and [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376541/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Closer - Awards|publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Charlie Wilson's War - Awards|publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

Nichols also directed widely acclaimed adaptations of ''[[Wit (film)|Wit]]'' (2001) and ''[[Angels in America (miniseries)|Angels in America]]'' (2003) for television, winning [[Emmy]] Awards for both of them.<ref>{{cite web | title=Awards Search: Mike Nichols | work=Television Academy | url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Mike+Nichols | publisher=Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> For his direction of the Broadway musical ''[[Spamalot]]'', he won the [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical]] in 2005.

[[File:Mike Nichols Funny Face.jpg|thumb|Nichols in 2010]]
In 2012, Nichols won the Best Direction of a Play [[Tony Award]] for a revival of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''. In 2013, he directed [[Daniel Craig]] and [[Rachel Weisz]] in a Broadway revival of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fung|first=Lisa|title=Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz heading to Broadway in 'Betrayal'|url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=800462&ocid=rr-mov-news|work=[[The Wrap]]|publisher=[[MSN News]]|access-date=April 5, 2013|date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602044951/http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=800462&ocid=rr-mov-news|archive-date=June 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The play began previews of its limited run on October 1, 2013<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/theater/reviews/daniel-craig-and-rachel-weisz-star-in-betrayal-on-broadway.html|title=Threesome to Tantalize and Behold|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2013|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben}}</ref> at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], opened on October 27,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-betrayal-daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-20131028-story.html|title='Betrayal' with Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz: What did the critics think?|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> and closed on January 4, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/07/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-huge-success-betrayal-broadway|title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz claim huge success with Betrayal on Broadway|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>

Among projects that remained uncompleted when he died, in April 2013 it was announced that Nichols was in talks to direct a film adaptation of [[Jonathan Tropper]]'s novel ''One Last Thing Before I Go''. The film was to be produced by [[J. J. Abrams]], who previously wrote the Nichols-directed film ''[[Regarding Henry]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|title=Mike Nichols in Talks to Direct 'One Last Thing Before I Go'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-nichols-talks-one-last-443019|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=April 24, 2013|author2=Borys Kit|date=April 23, 2013}}</ref> In July 2014, it was announced that Nichols and Streep would reunite for an HBO film of [[Terrence McNally]]'s 1985 play ''[[Master Class]]'', with Nichols directing Streep in the starring role of opera singer [[Maria Callas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/2974463/merryl-streep-master-class-movie-hbo/|title = Meryl Streep to Star in Master Class Movie on HBO| date=July 10, 2014 }}</ref>

Nichols was a contributing blogger at ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. He was also a co-founder of [[The New Actors Workshop]] in New York City, where he occasionally taught.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Founders | url=http://www.newactorsworkshop.com | publisher=The New Actors Workshop | year=2009 | access-date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> In addition, he remained active in the [[Directors Guild of America]], interviewing fellow film director [[Bennett Miller]] on stage in October 2011 after the Guild's screening of Miller's ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''.

In January 2016, [[PBS]] aired ''[[Mike Nichols: American Masters]]'', an ''[[American Masters]]'' documentary about Nichols directed by his former improv partner, [[Elaine May]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/arts/television/elaine-may-to-direct-mike-nichols-documentary-for-pbs.html?_r=0 "Elaine May to Direct Mike Nichols Documentary for PBS"], ''New York Times'', November 1, 2015</ref><ref>Interview: [https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464781450/revisiting-the-craft-and-vision-graduate-director-mike-nichols "Revisiting The Craft And Vision 'Graduate' Director Mike Nichols"], ''NPR'', January 29, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/american-masters-mike-nichols-review-pbs-elaine-may-1201681395/ |last=Lowry |first=Brian |title=TV Review: 'American Masters: Mike Nichols's |work=Variety |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> On February 22, 2016, HBO aired the documentary ''[[Becoming Mike Nichols]]''.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-dagnalmyron/becoming-mike-nichols-an-_b_9195744.html "Becoming Mike Nichols, an HBO Master Class in Theater, Film and TV"], ''Huffington Post'', February 11, 2016</ref>