Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman 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. Throughout Forman's career he won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Bear, a César Award, and the Czech Lion.
Background
- Born in
- Čáslav
- Educated at
- Academy of Performing ArtsFilm and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Awards
- 🏆 Golden Bear🏆 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director🏆 Golden Globe Award for Best Director🏆 BAFTA Award for Best Direction
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"All the Sixties were complicated, you know. On the one hand it was funny too, you know; on the other hand it was cruel, you know. The communists are so cruel, because they impose one taste on everybod…"
"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press — that's the cornerstone. I'm convinced if the press... it was not possible, of course, but if the free press existed through this…"
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Timeline
1932
Born
Birth2018
Died
Death
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