Miloš Forman

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 Firemens 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 Cuckoos 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 antiwar 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 Formans 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia