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Miloš Forman
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 18, 1932Died April 13, 2018 (86 years)
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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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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Known For
Miloš Forman Filmography
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| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1967 | The Firemen's Ball · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | A Well Paid Walk · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | Loves of a Blonde · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Black Peter · as Screenplay |
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| 1960 |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Film Director |
| 2009 | It Is Hell with the Princess · as Čert Elrebub |
| 2007 | Hair: Let the Sun Shine In · as Cast |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith · as Father Havel |
| 1991 | Labyrinth · as Cast |
| 1989 | New Year's Day · as Lazlo |
| 1986 | Heartburn · as Dimitri |
| 1982 | Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter · as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice) |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight · as Narrator |
| 1962 | |
| 1957 | |
| 1956 |
| 2021 | The Art of Dissent · as Self - Subject |
| 2019 | Jirí Suchý: lehce s zivotem se prát · as Self |
| 2019 | Forman vs. Forman · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Director (in Memoriam) |
| 2018 | CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel · as Self |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Self |
| 2016 | Jirí Menzel - To Make a Comedy Is No Fun · as Self |
| 2016 | CineKino (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Olga · as Self |
| 2011 | My Father George Voskovec · as Self |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Self |
| 2010 | Show Jana Krause (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2009 | Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... · as Self |
| 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks · as Self |
| 2007 | Fog City Mavericks · as Self |
| 2007 | Hair, Let the Sun Shine In · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Self |
| 2004 | François Truffaut, une autobiographie · as Self |
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Self |
| 2003 | Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence · as Self |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Amadeus' · as Self - Director |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · as Self |
| 2000 | The Beatles Revolution · as Self |
| 2000 | In the Shadow of Hollywood · as Self |
| 2000 | The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1998 | Cold War (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Completely Cuckoo · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 69th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1997 | 54th Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? · as Self |
| 1994 | Cartelera (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | The Statue of Liberty · as Self - Film Director |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1982 | Chytilova Versus Forman · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) · as Self - President |
| 1976 | The 48th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | A Short History of Decay · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | |
| 2000 | Way Past Cool · as Executive Producer |
| 1975 | Le mâle du siècle · as Idea |
| 1967 | Kinoautomat · as Contribution |
| 1964 | Audition · as Story |
| 1957 | Vintage Car · as Assistant Director |