Milos Forman

Milos Forman

Deceased · Born: Feb 18, 1932 · Died: Apr 13, 2018

Personal Details

BornFeb 18, 1932 Cáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Spouse
  • Martina Forman

    ( Nov 27, 1999 to Apr 13, 2018 )
  • Vera Kresadlová

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
  • Jana Brejchová

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Relatives
  • Pavel Forman (Sibling)
  • Antonie Formanová (Grandchild)

Biography

Milos Forman, born Jan Tomas Forman, was a Czech filmmaker whose life was marked by tragedy and resilience. His early life was shaped by the tumultuous events of World War II, during which his parents, Anna Svabova and Rudolf Forman, were taken away by the Nazis, accused of participating in the underground resistance.

Tragically, Milos's father, Rudolf, died in Mittelbau-Dora, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, while his mother, Anna, met her demise in Auschwitz, leaving the young Milos an orphan at a very early age. Despite these hardships, he found solace in his passion for filmmaking and pursued his studies in screenwriting at the prestigious Prague Film Academy, F.A.M.U.

In his native Czechoslovakia, Forman developed a unique style of comedy, showcased in films such as Black Peter (1964),Loves of a Blonde (1965),and The Firemen's Ball (1967). However, the invasion of his country by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, aimed at quashing the Prague Spring, prompted Forman to flee to the United States, where he faced new challenges but also opportunities.

Undeterred, Forman continued to hone his craft, directing Taking Off (1971) in the United States, and eventually achieving international acclaim with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975),an adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel, which won a staggering five Oscars, including one for Best Director.

Forman's subsequent films, including the musical Hair (1979) and the biographical drama Amadeus (1984),about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, cemented his status as a master filmmaker, with Amadeus winning a record-breaking eight Oscars. Throughout his illustrious career, Milos Forman remained a testament to the power of creativity and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Career

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2011
Beloved
Beloved as Jaromil
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2000
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith as Father Havel
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1990
{"id":6379,"title":"Heartburn","year":"1986","character":"Dimitri","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/heartburn","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/rp44o7dj8540.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/rp44o7dj8540.jpg"},"released":1}
1986
Heartburn
Heartburn as Dimitri
{"id":63363,"title":"Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter","year":"1982","character":"Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/before-the-nickelodeon-the-early-cinema-of-edwin-s-porter","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_63363.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_63363.jpg"},"released":1}
1982
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1973
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2017
{"id":199620,"title":"To Make a Comedy Is No Fun : Jir\u00ed Menzel","year":"2016","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/to-make-a-comedy-is-no-fun-jiri-menzel","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_199620.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_199620.jpg"},"released":1}
2016
{"id":167552,"title":"Un jour, une histoire","year":"2014","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/un-jour-une-histoire","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_167552.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_167552.jpg"},"released":1}
2014
{"id":42137,"title":"Carri\u00e8re, 250 metros","year":"2011","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/carriere-250-metros","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_42137.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_42137.jpg"},"released":1}
2011
{"id":41726,"title":"Life and Film (The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny)","year":"2009","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/life-and-film-the-labyrinthine-biographies-of-vojtech-jasny","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_41726.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_41726.jpg"},"released":1}
2009
{"id":24722,"title":"Chelsea on the Rocks","year":"2008","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/chelsea-on-the-rocks","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_24722.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_24722.jpg"},"released":1}
2008
{"id":48183,"title":"Fog City Mavericks","year":"2007","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/fog-city-mavericks","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_48183.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_48183.jpg"},"released":1}
2007
{"id":257442,"title":"Remembering 'Ragtime'","year":"2004","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/remembering-ragtime","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_257442.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_257442.jpg"},"released":1}
2004
{"id":51397,"title":"Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin","year":"2003","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/charlie-the-life-and-art-of-charles-chaplin","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4cvt07gcr0b0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4cvt07gcr0b0.jpg"},"released":1}
2003
{"id":9471,"title":"A Decade Under the Influence","year":"2003","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/a-decade-under-the-influence","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_9471.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_9471.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":84995,"title":"The Making of 'Amadeus'","year":"2002","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-making-of-amadeus-2002","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_84995.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_84995.jpg"},"released":1}
2002
{"id":156347,"title":"Biography","year":"1998","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/biography-1998","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_156347.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_156347.jpg"},"released":1}
1998
{"id":56497,"title":"Who Is Henry Jaglom?","year":"1997","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/who-is-henry-jaglom","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_56497.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_56497.jpg"},"released":1}
1997
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{"id":157947,"title":"Drawn from Memory","year":"1995","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/drawn-from-memory","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_157947.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_157947.jpg"},"released":1}
1995
{"id":62326,"title":"The Statue of Liberty","year":"1985","character":null,"permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-statue-of-liberty","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_62326.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_62326.jpg"},"released":1}
1985
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2006
Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts as Director, Screenplay
{"id":1011,"title":"Man on the Moon","year":"1999","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/man-on-the-moon","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4ht56id7egm0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/4ht56id7egm0.jpg"},"released":1}
1999
{"id":10064,"title":"The People vs. Larry Flynt","year":"1996","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-people-vs-larry-flynt","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5qnkj0o9dno0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/5qnkj0o9dno0.jpg"},"released":1}
1996
{"id":8434,"title":"Valmont","year":"1989","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/valmont","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6jn5c83lerp0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6jn5c83lerp0.jpg"},"released":1}
1989
Valmont
Valmont as Director
{"id":1001,"title":"Amadeus","year":"1984","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/amadeus","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/14773hu568rg.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/14773hu568rg.jpg"},"released":1}
1984
Amadeus
Amadeus as Director
{"id":3684,"title":"Ragtime","year":"1981","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/ragtime","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_3684.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_3684.jpg"},"released":1}
1981
Ragtime
Ragtime as Director
{"id":6704,"title":"Hair","year":"1979","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/hair","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/3eo07emost60.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/3eo07emost60.jpg"},"released":1}
1979
Hair
Hair as Director
{"id":580,"title":"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest","year":"1975","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6ljfsam6co50.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6ljfsam6co50.jpg"},"released":1}
1975
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1973
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1971
Taking Off
Taking Off as Director, Writer
{"id":225680,"title":"The Firemen's Ball","year":"1967","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-firemens-ball","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_225680.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_225680.jpg"},"released":1}
1967
The Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball as Director, Screenplay
{"id":219604,"title":"Loves of a Blonde","year":"1965","job":"Director, Story, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/loves-of-a-blonde","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_219604.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_219604.jpg"},"released":1}
1965
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde as Director, Story, Screenplay
{"id":223518,"title":"Black Peter","year":"1964","job":"Director, Screenplay, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/black-peter","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_223518.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_223518.jpg"},"released":1}
1964
Black Peter
Black Peter as Director, Screenplay, Story