Miloš Forman
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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.
Known for
Credits
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Father Havel
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
as Self
Heartburn (1986)
as Dimitri
Beloved (2011)
as Jaromil
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Miloš Forman (2010)
as Self
Completely Cuckoo (1997)
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
as Self
François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004)
as Self
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
as Self
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002)
as Self - Director
Carrière, 250 Meters (2011)
as Self
Remembering Ragtime (2004)
as Self
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
as Self
The Beatles Revolution (2000)
as Self
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
as Self - Film Director
Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
as Self
It Is Hell with the Princess (2009)
as čert Elrebub
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
as Self
Vintage Car (1957)
Actor
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Mark Donskoy, King and Jester (2011)
Actor
Visions of Eight (1973)
as Narrator
The Directors: Milos Forman (2000)
as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny (2009)
as Self
Slovo dělá ženu (1953)
Actor
New Year's Day (1990)
as Lazlo
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
as Self
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century (2014)
as Self
Silvery Wind (1956)
Actor
Forman vs. Forman (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2009)
as Self
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
as Self
Milos Forman: Portrait (—)
Actor
Why Havel? (1991)
as voice
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig (2012)
as Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
as Self
An Occasion to Speak (1966)
as Self
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
as Self
An Interview with Milos Forman (2002)
as Themself
There behind the forest (1962)
Actor
Drawn from Memory (1995)
as Self (voice)
Milos Forman: What Happened Was... (—)
as Self
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
as Self
Milos Forman Taking Off in America (2012)
as Self
A Room Nearby (2003)
as Self (voice)
Ceiling (1962)
Actor
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot (2010)
as Self - Interviewee: Director
Olga (2014)
as Self
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018)
as Self