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Joseph J. Kohn (half-brother) Signature. Jan Tomáš " Miloš " Forman ( / ˈmiːloʊʃ /; [2] Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech-American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968.
Apr 9, 2024 · Czech New Wave. Miloš Forman (born February 18, 1932, Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now in the Czech Republic]—died April 13, 2018, Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.) was a Czech-born New Wave filmmaker who was known primarily for the distinctively American movies that he made after his immigration to the United States. Forman grew up in a small town ...
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Learn more. Milos Forman. Director: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 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.
- Director, Writer, Actor
- February 18, 1932
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- April 13, 2018
Milos Forman was born in 1932 into a teacher’s family in the small town of Caslav (Central Bohemian region). He was the youngest of three brothers. His father was a member of a resistance group against the Nazi occupation, and was arrested by the Gestapo when Milos was eight years old. Shortly afterwards, Forman’s mother was also arrested.
Box office. $163.3 million [3] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film [4] directed by Miloš Forman, based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, alongside Louise Fletcher as a sadistic nurse.
Apr 14, 2018 · Kirsten Luce for The New York Times. Milos Forman, a filmmaker who challenged Hollywood with his subversive touch and twice directed movies that won the Oscar for best picture, died on Friday in a ...
