As Good as It Gets As Good as It Gets As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James L. Brooks. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and Brooks. The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan. Nicholson and Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, making "As Good As It Gets" the most recent film to win both of
Michael Nicholson her home in Surrey and later gained an HND in sports science from the University of Bath. Nicholson published his experiences in his book, "Natasha's Story" on which the 1997 film "Welcome to Sarajevo" is based. Nicholson lived with his wife Diana, two sons Thomas and William, and adopted daughter Natasha in Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey. He also had a daughter named Ana, whom he adopted from Brazil. Michael Nicholson Michael Nicholson OBE (9 January 1937 – 11 December 2016) was an English journalist, newscaster, and former ITN Senior Foreign Correspondent. Born in Romford, Essex, Nicholson attended the Leicester University. Nicholson