Name
Miloš Forman
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1932-02-18
Deathday
2018-04-13 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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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- 2000 Keeping the Faith as Father Havel
- 1986 Heartburn as Dimitri
- 1976 TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
- 2009 It Is Hell with the Princess as čert Elrebub
- 2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
- 2011 Beloved as Jaromil
- 1962 Ceiling
- 2009 Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny as Self
- 1962 There behind the forest
- 2011 Carrière, 250 Meters as Self
- 2000 The Beatles Revolution as Self
- 2004 Remembering Ragtime as Self
- 1991 The Republic Pictures Story as Self
- 1973 Visions of Eight as Narrator
- 1990 New Year's Day as Lazlo
- 1991 Why Havel? as voice
- 2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' as Self - Director
- 2014 Chaplin - The Legend of the Century as Self
- 2010 Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot as Self - Interviewee: Director
- 2012 The Presence of Arnošt Lustig as Self
- 2003 A Room Nearby as Self (voice)
- 1966 An Occasion to Speak as Self
- 2002 An Interview with Milos Forman as Themself
- 2004 François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
- 2011 Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
- 2012 Milos Forman Taking Off in America as Self
- 2010 Miloš Forman as Self
- 1997 Completely Cuckoo as Self
- 1998 Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life as Self
- 2017 Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
- 2014 Olga as Self
- 2011 Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Self
- 2009 Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 1981 Chytilová Versus Forman as Self
- 2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self
- 1982 Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
- 2019 Forman vs. Forman as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 1985 The Statue of Liberty as Self - Film Director
- 2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self
- 2009 On the Trail of the New Wave as Self
- 2008 Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood as Self
- 2016 To Make a Comedy Is No Fun as Self
- 1953 Slovo dělá ženu
- 1956 Silvery Wind
- 2007 Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 1995 Drawn from Memory as Self (voice)
- 1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- 1957 Vintage Car
- 2003 A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2009 Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Self
- Soon Milos Forman: What Happened Was... as Self
- 2000 The Directors: Milos Forman as Self
- 2018 Cannes 1968, révolution au palais as Self
- Soon Milos Forman: Portrait
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Golden Sixties ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1977 Please Turn the Page ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Sodankylä Forever ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 Cérémonie des César ( 1 episode ) as Self - President
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Self (voice)
