Milos Forman

Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in Buchenwald and his mother died in Auschwitz, and Milos became an orphan very early on. He studied screenwriting at the Prague Film Academy (F.A.M.U.). In his Czechoslovakian films, Black Peter (1964), Loves of a Blonde (1965), and The Firemen's Ball (1967), he created his own style of comedy. During the invasion of his country by the troops of the Warsaw pact in the summer of 1968 to stop the Prague spring, he left Europe for the United States. In spite of difficulties, he filmed Taking Off (1971) there and achieved his fame later with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) adapted from the novel of Ken Kesey, which won five Oscars including one for direction. Other important films of Milos Forman were the musical Hair (1979) and his biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus (1984), which won eight Oscars. Miloš Forman American film director Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman was a Czech-American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before immigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman was an important figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave. Born: February 18, 1932, Čáslav, Czechia Died: April 13, 2018, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT Spouse: Martina Forman (m. 1999–2018), Věra Křesadlová (m. 1964–1999), Jana Brejchová (m. 1958–1962) Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture. Children: Petr Forman, Andrew Forman, Matěj Forman, James Forman.