FILM DIRECTOR

Miloš Forman

1932 - 2018

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Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; 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. 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. He is considered one of the greatest film directors of all time. Forman was an important figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miloš Forman is the 26th most popular film director (up from 29th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Film Director.

Miloš Forman is most famous for his films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Miloš Forman ranks 26 out of 2,041Before him are Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, François Truffaut, and Cecil B. DeMille. After him are George Lucas, Jean-Luc Godard, Konstantin Stanislavski, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Wim Wenders.

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Among people born in 1932, Miloš Forman ranks 10Before him are Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Sheldon Lee Glashow, Andrei Tarkovsky, Omar Sharif, and François Truffaut. After him are Johnny Cash, John Williams, Cesare Maldini, Luc Montagnier, Roh Tae-woo, and Abebe Bikila. Among people deceased in 2018, Miloš Forman ranks 13Before him are Charles Aznavour, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Stan Lee. After him are Joe Jackson, John Young, John Sulston, Peter Grünberg, Amos Oz, and Isao Takahata.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Miloš Forman ranks 25 out of 1,200Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), John of Nepomuk (1350), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766). After him are Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), and Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Miloš Forman ranks 1After him are Jiří Menzel (1938), Jan Švankmajer (1934), G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), and František Čáp (1913).