 The Graduate

His next film was "The Graduate" (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross for which he was paid $150,000, a deal he had made with four years earlier with producer Joseph E. Levine.It became the highest-grossing film of 1967 and one of the highest-grossing films in history up to that date, with Nichols receiving 16⅔% of the profits, making him a millionaire.It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with Nichols winning as Best Director.