Miloš Forman
Born 1932-02-18
Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
Died 2018-04-13
(86 years old)
Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Two-time Academy Award winner as Best Director for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, has managed in his career to combine and assimilate the best of European and American filmmaking traditions. He is one of a handful of foreign directors to achieve international success without being pigeon-holed by genre or nationality, and his films celebrate individualism and concentrate on individual human behavior.
Three actors have won Academy Awards in his films, Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus. In 1996, Forman received his third Academy Award nomination as Best Director for The People vs. Larry Flynt, also earning its star Woody Harrelson a Best Actor nomination.
The youngest of three sons, Forman was born in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, a town 45 miles from Prague. At the age of nine, his parents were arrested by the Gestapo and later perished in the Nazi death camps, leaving him to be raised by relatives. He became interested in theater while attending a boarding school for children orphaned by the war. He found himself especially taken by the comedies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and the westerns of John Ford.
Forman enrolled in the University of Prague’s Film Institute, where he studied with Ivan Passer. After graduation, he wrote his first screenplays and made two short semi-documentaries. In 1963, he directed his first feature, an autobiographical account of a teenager in a small Czech town called Black Peter. The film was a success at various films festivals, including Cannes, Montreal and New York, and led to Forman’s first visit to America.
His next two films, Loves of a Blonde (1965) and Fireman’s Ball (1967) brought Milos Forman Once again, Forman was presented with the Oscar as best director for the film, which won a total of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Forman’s other films include Valmont (1989) starring Annette Bening and Colin Firth, The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Man in the Moon (1999) about the life of comedian Andy Kaufman starring Jim Carrey, and Goya’s Ghosts (2006) starring Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman.
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Director
Movies | |
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2006 |
Goya's Ghosts |
1999 |
L'Homme sur la lune |
1996 |
The People vs. Larry Flynt |
1989 |
Valmont |
1984 |
Amadeus |
1981 |
Ragtime |
1979 |
Hair |
1975 |
Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou |
1971 |
Taking Off |
1967 |
The Firemen's Ball |
1966 |
Dobře placená procházka (TV movie) |
1965 |
Loves of a Blonde |
1963 |
Black Peter |
L’Audition |
Documentaries | |
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1973 |
Visions of Eight |
1960 |
Laterna magika II |
Video compilation | |
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2007 |
Semafor - Největší hity 2 |
Theatrical recording | |
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2009 |
A Walk Worthwhile |
Short | |
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1971 |
I Miss Sonia Henie |
1963 |
Why Do We Need All The Brass Bands? |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2006 |
Goya's Ghosts |
1971 |
Taking Off |
1967 |
The Firemen's Ball |
1966 |
Dobře placená procházka (TV movie) |
1965 |
Loves of a Blonde |
1963 |
Black Peter |
L’Audition |
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1957 |
Cubs |
1955 |
Leave It to Me |
Documentaries | |
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1960 |
Laterna magika II |
Theatrical recording | |
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2017 |
Lásky jedné plavovlásky, plavovlásky jedné lásky - original screenplay |
Short | |
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1969 |
La Pince à ongles |
1963 |
Why Do We Need All The Brass Bands? |
Actor
Movies | |
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2011 |
The Beloved |
2009 |
It Is Hell with a Princess |
2000 |
Keeping the Faith |
1989 |
New Year's Day |
1986 |
Heartburn |
1962 |
Tam za lesem |
1961 |
Strop (student film) |
1956 |
Vintage Car |
1954 |
Silvery Wind |
1952 |
A Woman as Good as Her Word |
Performer
Shows | |
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2020 |
Ceny Ministerstva kultury 2020 - a.f. |
2018 |
Hollywood Insider - a.f. |
2013 |
60 pečetí |
2010 |
Show Jana Krause |
2009 |
Na slovíčko |
2008 |
Čtenářský deník |
2003 |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains |
2000 |
The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards |
1997 |
54th Golden Globe Awards |
Corazón de... |
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The 69th Annual Academy Awards |
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1996 |
Mundo VIP |
1988 |
Studio Kontakt |
1985 |
The 57th Annual Academy Awards |
1982 |
De película |
1976 |
The 48th Annual Academy Awards |
1975 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche |
1967 |
Apropos Film |
Producer
Short | |
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1990 |
Dreams of Love |
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