Biography
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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Filmography
all 84
Movies 77
self 47
Director 18
TV Shows 7
Writer 4
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Jiří Suchý - Tackling Life with Ease (2019)
Forman vs. Forman (2019)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
Life As It Is: Miloš Forman on Miloš Forman (2018)
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
Olga (2014)
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century (2014)
Milos Forman Taking Off in America (2012)
Beloved (2011)
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
Mark Donskoy, King and Jester (2011)
Carrière, 250 Meters (2011)
Miloš Forman (2010)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
25 from the Sixties, or the Czechoslovak New Wave (2010)
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny (2009)
A Walk Worthwhile (2009)
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
It Is Hell with the Princess (2009)
Golden Sixties (2009)
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
Hair: Let the Sun Shine In (2007)
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Nomad: The Warrior (2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004)
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002)
The Beatles Revolution (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
Way Past Cool (2000)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
Completely Cuckoo (1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Drawn from Memory (1995)
Why Havel? (1991)
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
New Year's Day (1990)
Valmont (1989)
Heartburn (1986)
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
Amadeus (1984)
Chytilová Versus Forman (1982)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Hair (1979)
Bitte umblättern (1977)
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Male of the Century (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
Visions of Eight (1973)
Taking Off (1971)
I Miss Sonia Henie (1971)
The Nail Clippers (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
An Occasion to Speak (1966)
A Well Paid Walk (1966)
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Black Peter (1964)
Audition (1964)
Tam za lesem (1962)
Ceiling (1962)
Laterna magika II (1960)
Puppies (1958)
Vintage Car (1957)
Silvery Wind (1956)
Nechte to na mně (1955)
Slovo dělá ženu (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
A Room Nearby
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-02-18
Deathday2018-04-13 (86 years old)
Birth NameJan Tomáš Forman
Birth PlaceČáslav, Czech Republic
RelationshipsJana Brejchová (1958-01-01 - 1962-01-01), Martina Formanová (1999-11-28 - 2018-04-13), Věra Křesadlová (1964-01-01 - 1999-01-01)
ChildrenPetr Forman, Matěj Forman
FatherOtto Kohn
SiblingsJoseph J. Kohn
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Czech Republic, United States of America
Also Known AsMilos Forman, 밀로스 포먼, 밀로스 포만, Милош Форман
Awardshonorary citizen of Prague, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director, European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award, Czech Medal of Merit, Directors Guild of America Award, César Award for Best Foreign Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Golden Bear
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