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Also Known As Michael Igor Peschkowsky
Born November 6, 1931 • Berlin • Germany
Died November 19, 2014 (aged 83) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (2003) • Academy Award (1968) • Grammy Award (1961)
Notable Works “Biloxi Blues” • “Carnal Knowledge” • “Charlie Wilson’s War” • “Heartburn” • “Postcards from the Edge” • “Primary Colors” • “Regarding Henry” • “Silkwood” • “The Birdcage” • “The Day of the Dolphin” • “The Fortune” • “The Graduate” • “What Planet Are You From?” • “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” • “Wolf” • “Working Girl”
Notable Family Members spouse Diane Sawyer

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EGOT winner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Graduate
Scene from Carnal Knowledge
“Angels in America” HBO miniseries
Charlie Wilson's War
Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate
The Graduate
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Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
American director and author
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Bahamanian American actor
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
American actress, singer, director, producer
The Candidate
Robert Redford
American actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, and director
John Schlesinger: Midnight Cowboy
Dustin Hoffman
American actor
George Roy Hill
American director
Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall, and Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes
Franklin J. Schaffner
American director
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
American actress
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
American actor and playwright
Advise & Consent
Charles Laughton
English actor
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
William Wyler
William Wyler
American director
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
American director and producer
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director

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