Miloš Forman

**Miloš Forman** (18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech-American movie director, screenwriter, actor, and professor. He was an emigrant to the US from Czechoslovakia. He was born in Caslav. Two of his movies, _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_,  and _Amadeus_ won the Academy Award for Best Picture and are very famous. He also directed _Hair_ and _People vs. Larry Flynt_. He won the Academy Award for Best Director twice.

## Personal life

He became an American citizen in 1977. His full name was **Jan Tomáš Forman**.

Forman died at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut from a short-illness on 13 April 2018 at the age of 86.

## Movies

|colspan=8 style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Filmography|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1954|***Stříbrný vítr*** (_Silver wind_)|||||||
|1955|***Nechte to na mně*** (_Leave it to me_)|||||||
|1958|***Štěňata*** (_Puppies_)|||||||
|1960|***Laterna magika II***|||||||
|1963|***Kdyby ty muziky nebyly***|||||||
|1963|***Audition*** (_Konkurs_)|||||||
|1964|***Black Peter*** (_Černý Petr_)|||||||
|1964|***Loves of a Blonde*** (_Lásky jedné plavovlásky_)|1||||||
|1966|***Dobře placená procházka*** (_A well paid walk_)|||||||
|1967|***The Fireman's Ball*** (_Hoří, má panenko_)|1||||||
|1971|***Taking Off***|||||||
|1971|***I Miss Sonia Henie*** (**Short Film**)|||||||
|1973|***Visions of Eight***|||||||
|1975|***One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest***|9|5|||||
|1979|***Hair***|||||||
|1981|***Ragtime***|8||||||
|1984|***Amadeus***|11|8|||||
|1986|***Heartburn***||||||Dmitri|
|1989|***Valmont***|1||||||
|1989|***New Years Day***||||||Lazlo|
|1996|***The People vs. Larry Flynt***|2||||||
|1999|***Man on the Moon***|||||||
|2000|***Keeping the Faith***||||||Father Havel|
|2006|***Goya's Ghosts***|||||||
|2008|***Chelsea on the Rocks***|||||||
|2009|***Peklo s princeznou*** (_Hell with a Princess_)|||||||
|2011|***The Ghost of Munich***|||||||
|2011|***The Beloved*** (_Les Bien-aimés_)||||||Jaromil|

## Awards, nominations and honours

**Academy Awards**
- 1975: _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ (**won**)
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (**won**)
- 1996: _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ (_nomination_)

**Golden Globe**
- 1975: _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ (**won**)
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (**won**)
- 1981: _Ragtime_ (_nomination_)
- 1996: _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ (**won**)

**Cannes**
- 1971: _Taking Off_ (**Won**)
- 1968: _The Fireman's Ball_ (_nomination_)

**Berlinale**
- 1999: _Man on the Moon_ (**won**)
- 1997: _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ (**won**)

**BAFTA**
- 1975: _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ (**won**)
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (_nomination_)
- 1971: _Taking Off_ (_nomination – Best Film_)
- 1971: _Taking Off_ (_nomination – Best Screenplay_)

**César Award**
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (**won**)
- 1975: _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ (_nomination_)
- 1979: _Hair_ (_nomination_)
- 1989: _Valmont_ (_nomination_)

**David di Donatello**
- 1975: _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ (**won**)
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (**won – Best Film**)
- 1984: _Amadeus_ (**won – Best Screenplay**)
- 1979: _Hair_ (**won**)

**European Film Academy**
- 1996: _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ – Award for European contribution to world cinema – screen Prix International (**won**)

**Czech Lion**
- 1997: Contribution to Czech cinema (**won**)

**List of Greatest Czechs**
- **Největší Čech**: # 30 place

- 1995: **Medal of Merit**

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Miloš Forman
- **image**: Milos Forman.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **caption**: at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- **birth name**: Jan Tomáš Forman
- **birth place**: Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
- **death place**: Danbury, Connecticut, Danbury, Connecticut, United States, U.S.
- **years active**: 1953–2011
- **spouse**: Jana Brejchová (m. 1958–1962; divorced)
Vera Kresadlova-Formanova (m. 1964–1999; divorced)
Martina Zborilova-Forman (m. 1999–2018; his death)
- **signature**: Miloš Forman (signature).svg