Miloš Forman

Known for DirectingBorn 1932-02-18Died 2018-04-13Čáslav, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miloš Forman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Carrière, 250 Meters

Drawn from Memory

Spécial cinéma

There behind the forest

Laterna magika II

Fog City Mavericks

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In the Shadow of Hollywood

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

A Decade Under the Influence

Dreams of Love

Amadeus

Chytilová Versus Forman

Forman vs. Forman

Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

The Making of 'Amadeus'

Male of the Century

Man on the Moon

Hair

Slovo dělá ženu

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Omnibus

Visions of Eight

Ragtime

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

The Firemen's Ball

The Statue of Liberty

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

Goya's Ghosts

A Well Paid Walk

Loves of a Blonde

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

Taking Off

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Valmont

The Oscars

Way Past Cool

Sodankylä Forever

The Dick Cavett Show

The Nail Clippers

Completely Cuckoo

Black Peter

Beloved

Keeping the Faith

TVTV Looks at the Oscars