Forman, Milos

Milos Forman (February 18th, 1932 - Čáslav, Czechoslovakia)

As his parents died in the nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz Tomas Jan became an orphan very early on. Later he studied direction at the School of Cinema in Prague.

In his Czechoslovakian films "Cerny Petr (1963)", "Lasky jedne Plavovlasky (1965)" and "Hori, Ma Panenko (1968)" he created his own style of comedy.

“The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.”

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 the difficulties he filmed there "Taking Off (1971)" and achieved his fame later with "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)" adapted from the novel of 'Ken Kasey' and which not only won five oscars including one for direction.



Other important films of Milos Forman were the musical "Hair (1979)" and certainly his biography of 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' "Amadeus (1984)" which won eight oscars.

1999   Man on the Moon (1999)
1996   The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
1989   Valmont (1989)
1984   Amadeus (1984)
1981   Ragtime (1981)
1979   Hair (1979)
1975   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1967   The Firemen's Ball | Horي, mل panenko (1967)
1965   Loves of a Blonde | Lلsky jedné plavovlلsky (1965)