Miloš Forman
Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932-2018) · United States · Directors · Died at 86
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Something wrong?He made a satire so sharp the Communist government banned it, then left for America and won two Oscars directing a psych-ward rebellion and Mozart's downfall.
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To Make a Comedy Is No FunFilm2012Directors Guild of America AwardAward2010
Sodankylä ForeverSeries2009Golden SixtiesSeries2008
Chelsea on the RocksFilm2005
Filmmakers vs. TycoonsFilm2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'Film1999
Man on the MoonFilm, Director1997“All the Sixties were complicated, you know. On the one hand it was funny too, you know; on the other hand it was cruel, you know.”In their words18 January 1997National Security Archive interview (18 January 1997)“You know, you have to really decide where you want to live: if you want to live in the jungle or in the zoo. Because if you want the beauty, if you want freedom, the jungle is...”In their words18 January 1997National Security Archive interview (18 January 1997)“I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. I'm convinced if the press...”In their words18 January 1997National Security Archive interview (18 January 1997)European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema AwardAwardGolden BearAward1996
The People vs. Larry FlyntFilm, Director1995Czech Medal of MeritAward1986
HeartburnFilm, Dimitri1985Academy Award for Best DirectorAward1984Golden Globe Award for Best DirectorAwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAward
AmadeusFilm, 1984Director1982
American PlayhouseSeries1981
RagtimeFilm, Director1977BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardBAFTA Award for Best FilmAwardPlease Turn the PageSeries1976Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardDavid di Donatello for Best Foreign DirectorAward
Cérémonie des CésarSeries, 19761975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1973
Visions of EightFilm, Director1969
The Nail ClippersFilm, Writer1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
OmnibusSeries1964
AuditionFilm, Director, Writer1956
Silvery WindFilm1953
The OscarsSeries1932Born18 February 1932Also in Deutsch
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Hrönn Marinósdóttir, Miloš Forman, and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Reykjavik, 2009)
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Miloš Forman (Reykjavik, 2009) (cropped)
Miloš Forman 1999In their own words 3
, All the Sixties were complicated, you know. On the one hand it was funny too, you know; on the other hand it was cruel, you know.
You know, you have to really decide where you want to live: if you want to live in the jungle or in the zoo. Because if you want the beauty, if you want freedom, the jungle is...
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. I'm convinced if the press...
Filmography 40
FFForman vs. Forman
JBJim & Andy: The Great BeyondTFTo Make a Comedy Is No Fun
BEBeloved
ONOnce Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
MYMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
IPIt Is Hell with the Princess
AWA Walk WorthwhileCRChelsea on the Rocks
GGGoya's Ghosts
NWNomad: The WarriorFTFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
FAFrançois Truffaut, une autobiographie
CCCharlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
AIA Decade Under the InfluenceTAThe Making of 'Amadeus'
KFKeeping the FaithMMMan on the Moon
WJWho Is Henry Jaglom?
CCCompletely CuckooTFThe People vs. Larry Flynt
NDNew Year's Day
VAValmontHEHeartburn
TLThe Statue of LibertyAMAmadeus
BPBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. PorterRARagtime
HAHair
ONOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestVEVisions of Eight
TOTaking Off
IHI Miss Sonia HenieTCThe Nail Clippers
TBThe Firemen's Ball
LBLoves of a Blonde
BPBlack PeterAUAudition
CECeilingSWSilvery Wind111 credits on file
Television 12
SFSodankylä ForeverAPAmerican Playhouse
TSThe South Bank ShowCCCérémonie des CésarLDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheSCSpécial cinémaTSThe Dick Cavett ShowOMOmnibusTOThe OscarsAwards
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Forman rose in Czechoslovakia as a key voice of the New Wave, until his 1967 film The Firemen's Ball - read as a biting take on Eastern European Communism - played briefly during the Prague Spring, then got banned after the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968. He emigrated to the United States that year and kept working. In 1975 he won his first Academy Award for Best Director with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the psychological drama that became a landmark. Nine years later he took a second Oscar for Amadeus, the biographical study of Mozart. Between and beyond those peaks he directed Hair, Ragtime, Valmont, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Man on the Moon across a career that stretched six decades. Both Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus entered the National Film Registry. He died in April 2018.
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