Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (/ˈmiːloʊʃ/; Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; February 18, 1932 – April 13, 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman was an important figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave. Film scholars and Czechoslovak authorities saw his 1967 film The Firemen's Ball as a biting satire on Eastern European Communism. The film was initially shown in theatres in his home country in the more reformist atmosphere of the Prague Spring. However, it was later banned by the Communist government after the invasion by the Warsaw Pact countries in 1968. Forman was subsequently forced to leave Czechoslovakia for the United States, where he continued making films, gaining wider critical and financial success. In 1975, he directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) starring Jack Nicholson as a patient in a mental institution. The film received widespread acclaim, and was the second in history to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor in Leading Role, and Actress in Leading Role. In 1978, he directed the anti-war musical Hair which premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. In 1981, he directed the turn of the century drama film, Ragtime, which was known for its large ensemble cast. The film went on to receive 8 Academy Award nominations. His next feature was a period biographical film, Amadeus (1984), based on the life of famed classical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart starring Tom Hulce, and F. Murray Abraham. The film was both a critical and financial success earning 11 nominations with 8 wins including for Best Picture, and another win for Forman as Best Director. In 1996, Forman received another Academy Award nomination for Best Director for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). Throughout Forman's career he won 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, a British Academy Film Award, a César Award, David di Donatello Award, and the Czech Lion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miloš Forman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Father Havel
Keeping the Faith
Dimitri
Heartburn
Self
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
čert Elrebub
Peklo s princeznou
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Jaromil
Les bien-aimés
Strop
Self
Life and Film (The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny)
Tam za lesem
Self
Carrière, 250 metros
Self
The Beatles Revolution
Self
Remembering Ragtime
Self
The Republic Pictures Story
Narrator
Visions of Eight
Lazlo
New Year's Day
voice
Proč Havel?
Self - Director
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Self
Un Jour, Une Histoire: Charlie Chaplin, La Légende du Siècle
Self - Interviewee: Director
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
Self
Tvoje slza, můj déšť: Přítomnost Arnošta Lustiga
Self (voice)
A Room Nearby
Self
Ein Anlaß zum Sprechen - FAMU Prag
Themself
An Interview with Milos Forman
Self
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Марк Донской. Король и шут
Self
Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood
Self
Miloš Forman
Self
Completely Cuckoo
Self
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
Olga
Il était une fois… Vol au dessus d'un nid de coucou
Self
Miloš Forman: Co tě nezabije…
Self
Chytilová Versus Forman
Self
Cineastes contra magnats
Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Forman vs. Forman
Self - Film Director
The Statue of Liberty
Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
Uuden aallon jäljillä
Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata
Self
À l'ombre d'Hollywood
Self
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Slovo dělá ženu
Stříbrný vítr
Self
Fog City Mavericks
Self (voice)
Drawn from Memory
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Dědeček automobil
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
Milos Forman: What Happened Was...
Self
The Directors: Milos Forman
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-02-18
Place of Birth
Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also Known As
Milos Forman