Miloš Forman

Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor. He rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Over a career spanning six decades, Forman won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Bear, a César Award, and the Czech Lion.

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.

He received two Academy Awards for Best Director, one for the psychological drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and one for the biographical drama Amadeus (1984). During this time, he also directed notable and acclaimed films such as Black Peter (1964), Loves of a Blonde (1965), Hair (1979), Ragtime (1981), Valmont (1989), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Man on the Moon (1999). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus have been inducted into the National Film Registry.

Notable works: Black Peter, Loves of a Blonde, The Fireman's Ball, Taking Off, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hair, Ragtime, Amadeus Awards: Czech Medal of Merit, Directors Guild of America Award, Academy Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Film, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Golden Bear, César Award for Best Foreign Film, honorary citizen of Prague Education: Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

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