1932-02-18 ( 93 years old ) in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
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Movies
Forman vs. Forman
2019-07-16
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018-09-16
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017-09-05
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016-10-05
Olga
2014-05-15
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
2014-05-13
Milos Forman Taking Off in America
2012-06-04
Beloved
2011-08-17
Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
2011-04-01
Carrière, 250 Meters
2011-01-01
Miloš Forman
2010-09-06
Sodankylä Forever
2010-08-05
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009-10-08
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009-02-16
It Is Hell with the Princess
2009-01-29
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008-05-23
Fog City Mavericks
2007-10-24
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
Remembering Ragtime
2004-11-16
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004-10-01
A Room Nearby
2003-11-07
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003-05-01
A Decade Under the Influence
2003-04-25
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002-09-24
An Interview with Milos Forman
2002-02-12
The Beatles Revolution
2000-11-17
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000-08-01
Keeping the Faith
2000-04-14
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000-01-01
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998-05-10
Completely Cuckoo
1997-12-16
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08
Drawn from Memory
1995-04-25
Why Havel?
1991-10-01
The Republic Pictures Story
1991-03-15
New Year's Day
1990-02-09
Heartburn
1986-07-25
The Statue of Liberty
1985-10-26
Chytilová Versus Forman
1982-10-14
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976-03-30
Visions of Eight
1973-10-06
An Occasion to Speak
1966-09-28
Tam za lesem
1962-11-23
Ceiling
1962-03-15
Vintage Car
1957-03-29
Silvery Wind
1956-11-30
Slovo dělá ženu
1953-05-29
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