FXF_S03EP06: MIKE NICHOLS: SUZANA PERIC, NANCY ALLEN, DEBORAH WALLACH, ANN GRAY, LEE DICHTER, RON BOCHAR, PAUL LEVIN PLAY PODCAST Filmmaker Mike Nichols who died in 2014, first became famous performing as part of an improvisational comedy duo with writer-director Elaine May-- What began as an improvised skit with Chicago’s Compass Players, expanded to a radio show which then moved to television and ended as a Broadway hit and Grammy winning album. Nichols the comedian, Nichols the director of movies and television, Nichols the director of plays, Nichols the producer, the writer, whose work earned him four Emmys, a Grammy, an Oscar, and nine Tonys was also an urbane man about town whose wit and humanity preceded him in reputation and attracted the admiration and loyalty of the best actors and artists in television film and theater. From his first film Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, nominated for 13 Oscars and winner of 5 to The Graduate, Catch 22 Carnal Knowledge Silkwood, Wit, Angels in America and Charlie Wilson’s War he established himself as an important cultural leader in multiple disciplines. In this episode of Frame By Frame, you’ll meet the collaborators who helped craft films such as Angels in America, Primary Colors and Charlie Wilsons War, including music editors Suzana Peric and Nancy Allen, ADR Supervisor Deborah Wallach, re-recording mixer, Lee Dichter, Sound Supervisor, Ron Bochar, Post Production Manager, Ann Gray and Producer and Post Production Supervisor, Paul Levin. You can share this conversation through our website bit.do /framebyframe—or via Twitter at @postny. You can write us at [email protected]. This session was recorded at Bang Music & Audio Post in New York City. Today’s podcast recording was engineered by BANG’s senior audio engineer, Paul Vitolins. Frame By Frame is expanding to include short interviews spotlighting up and coming new york post professionals talking about their collaborations with bold new filmmakers in snapshot conversations called New York Minute. Listen for upcoming mini-episodes inserted within the larger podcasts soon. We welcome your suggestions - write to us at [email protected] Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversations anchored by the film editor, we’ll share the stories that define New York as an essential ongoing capital of the global film industry. Proudly presented by the Post New York Alliance and the New York Motion Picture Editors Guild. Produced by Isabel Sadurni and Ben Baker.