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{{Short description|Czech-American filmmaker (1932–2018)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = Miloš Forman (Reykjavik, 2009) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Forman in 2009
| birth_name         = Jan Tomáš Forman
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1932|2|18|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Čáslav]], [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovakia]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2018|4|13|1932|2|18|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Danbury, Connecticut]], US
| citizenship        = {{ubl|Czechoslovakia (until 1993)|United States (from 1977)|Czech Republic (from 1993)}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter|professor}}
| years_active       = 1953–2011
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Jana Brejchová]]|1958|1962|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Věra Křesadlová|1964|1999|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Martina Zbořilová|1999}}}}
| children           = 4
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Antonie Formanová]] (granddaughter)<ref name="iDNES">{{Cite web | title = Formanová: Z dědových filmů mám nejradši Přelet nad kukaččím hnízdem | website = [[iDNES.cz]] | date = 1 June 2018 | accessdate = 15 January 2021 | url = https://www.idnes.cz/revue/spolecnost/antonie-formanova-dedecek-milos-forman-jiri-stransky-dukla-61-balada-o-pilotovi.A180530_152505_lidicky_zar}}</ref>|[[Joseph J. Kohn]] (half-brother)}}
| signature          = Miloš Forman (signature).svg
}}
'''Jan Tomáš''' "'''Miloš'''" '''Forman''' ({{IPAc-en|'|m|iː|l|oʊ|ʃ}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#f|title=Say How: F|publisher=[[National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped]]|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|cs|ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman|lang}}; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a [[Czech Americans|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 [[British Academy Film Award|BAFTA Award]], three [[Golden Globe Awards]], a [[Golden Bear]], a [[César Award]], and the [[Czech Lion]].<ref name=academy>[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1293969838681 List of Milos Forman nominations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111111050/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1293969838681 |date=11 January 2012 }}. Awardsdatabase.oscars.org (29 January 2010). Retrieved on 23 June 2011.</ref>

Forman was an important figure in the [[Czechoslovak New Wave]]. Film scholars and Czechoslovak authorities saw his 1967 film ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]'' as a biting satire on Eastern European Communism. The film was initially shown in theatres in his home country in the more reformist atmosphere of the [[Prague Spring]]. However, it was later banned by the Communist government after the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|invasion by the Warsaw Pact]] countries in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoberman|first=J.|title=The Firemen's Ball|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/187-the-firemen-s-ball|access-date=2021-11-11|website=The [[Criterion Collection]]|language=en}}</ref> Forman was subsequently forced to leave Czechoslovakia for the United States, where he continued making films.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/milos-formans-filmmaker-pal-recalls-their-dramatic-czech-escape-prague-spring-1202852885/|title= Milos Forman's Filmmaker Pal Recalls Their Dramatic Czech Escape|website= [[Variety (website)|Variety]]|date= 27 June 2018|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref>

He received two [[Academy Award for Best Director|Academy Awards for Best Director]] for the psychological drama ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1975) and the biographical drama ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'' (1984). During this time, he also directed notable and acclaimed films such as ''[[Black Peter (film)|Black Peter]]'' (1964), ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]'' (1965), ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'' (1979), ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]'' (1981), ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]'' (1989), ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' (1996) and ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999).

==Early life==
[[File:Miloš Forman school register (SOkA Kutná Hora).jpg|thumb|left|Miloš Forman school register 1941. (SOkA Kutná Hora)]]

Miloš Forman's childhood was marked by the early loss of his parents. Forman was born in [[Čáslav]], Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) to Anna Švábová Forman, who ran a summer hotel. His parents attended a Protestant church.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/obituaries/milos-forman-dead.html#:~:text=Forman%20vaguely%20told%20interviewers%20that,%2C%E2%80%9D%20who%20ended%20the%20mystery "Miloš Forman obituary"]. ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'', April 14, 2018</ref> He believed that his father was Rudolf Forman.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=2018-04-15 |title=Miloš Forman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/15/milos-forman-obituary |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> During the [[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|Nazi occupation]], Rudolf, a member of the [[Czech Resistance]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/milos-forman-from-orphan-of-nazi-camps-to-oscar-winning-director/ |title=Milos Forman, from orphan of Nazi camps to Oscar-winning director |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |last=Flemr |first=Jan |website=[[Times of Israel]] |date=14 April 2018}}, April 14, 2018</ref> was arrested for distributing banned books, and reportedly died from typhus<ref>Conf. scan of document [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/5876788/?p=1&s=Rudolf%20Forman&doc_id=5876800 from the Arolsen Archives] where the words "Fleckfieber" (German for typhus) and apparently "Dora Hosp." are mentioned</ref> in [[Mittelbau-Dora]], a subcamp of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]] in May 1944.<ref>See [http://totenbuch.dora.de/names/details/letter/f/lang/de/page/9/person/2657/ref/names entry Rudolf Forman in the memorial book] of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp</ref><ref>See [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/?s=rudolf%20forman (untick the "Include synonym" box) documents on Rudolf Forman], prisoner number 16209, from his detention and death in Buchenwald in the Arolsen Archives</ref><ref name="Wakeman, John 1988">Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. [[H. W. Wilson Company]]. 1988. 349–356.</ref> Another version has it that he died in Mittelbau-Dora during interrogation. Forman's mother had been murdered in [[Auschwitz]] in March the previous year.<ref>She can be found as Anna Forman at the link [http://www.auschwitz.org/muzeum/informacja-o-wiezniach/ (Information on Auschwitz Prisoners); her prisoner number seems to be unknown]</ref><ref name=jjournal>Tugend, Tom. (19 July 2007) [http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/milos_forman_directs_natalie_portman_in_goyas_ghosts_film_melds_art_tour/ Milos Forman directs Natalie Portman in 'Goya's Ghosts'—film melds art tour and history | Arts]. ''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]''. Retrieved on 23 June 2011.</ref> Forman said that he did not fully understand what had happened to them until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16.<ref name="Wakeman, John 1988"/>

Forman was subsequently raised by two uncles and by family friends.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Milo-Forman Milos Forman Biography], [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica.com]], 14 February 2018; retrieved 25 February 2018.</ref> His older brother Pavel was a painter twelve years his senior, and he emigrated to Australia after the [[1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia]].<ref name="CitySpy">{{cite web|url=https://cz.cityspy.network/prague/features/story-famed-czech-director-milos-forman/|title=The Story of Famed Czech Director Miloš Forman|work=CitySpy Network // Czech Republic / Prague |date=28 August 2017|publisher=Cityspy|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> Forman later discovered that his biological father was in fact the Jewish architect Otto Kohn, a survivor of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]],<ref name=jjournal/><ref>[http://www.enotes.com/turnaround-salem Turnaround Review – Milos Forman – Salem on Literature]. Enotes.com. Retrieved on 23 June 2011.</ref> and Forman was thus a half-brother of mathematician [[Joseph J. Kohn]].<ref name="CitySpy" />

In his youth, Forman wanted to become a theatrical producer. After attending [[grammar school]] in [[Náchod]], he went to the King George boarding school in [[Poděbrady]], following the end of the war; fellow students included [[Václav Havel]], the [[Josef and Ctirad Mašín|Mašín brothers]], and future film-makers [[Ivan Passer]] and [[Jerzy Skolimowski]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/11/1?INTCMP=SRCH I Had a Wild Life]. ''The Guardian''; retrieved 23 June 2011.</ref><ref>''Náchod to krásné město Kostelec.'' Náchod 2004, {{ISBN|80-85274-30-2}}, p. 119.</ref>

He later studied screenwriting at the [[Academy of Performing Arts in Prague]]. He was assistant of [[Alfréd Radok]], creator of [[Laterna Magika]]. Along with fellow filmmaker and friend Passer, he left Czechoslovakia for the United States during the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]] in summer 1968.<ref>{{cite news|last=Penner|first=John|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-me-col1-milos-forman-czech-film-ivan-passer-2019-story.html|title=Milos Forman, Ivan Passer and their 73-year friendship: Childhood, escaping Czechoslovakia and conquering Hollywood|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=13 December 2019|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Along with cinematographer [[Miroslav Ondříček]] and long-time friend from school [[Ivan Passer]], Forman filmed the silent documentary ''Semafor'' about the [[Semafor (theater)|Semafor]] theater.<ref name="CitySpy"/> Forman's first important production was ''Audition,'' a documentary about competing singers.<ref name="CitySpy2"/> He directed several [[Czech language|Czech]] comedies in [[Czechoslovakia]]. He was in Paris negotiating the production of his first American film during the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968.<ref name="NYTimes"/> His employer, a Czech studio, fired him, so he decided to move to the United States.<ref name="Grapevine"/> He moved to New York, where he later became a professor of film at [[Columbia University]] in 1978 and co-chair (with his former teacher [[František Daniel]]) of Columbia's film department.<ref name="NYTimes"/> One of his [[protégé]]s was future director [[James Mangold]], whom he mentored at Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1684-a-visit-to-james-mangold-s-office|title=A Visit to James Mangold's Office|publisher=Criterion.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> He regularly collaborated with [[cinematographer]] [[Miroslav Ondříček]].<ref name="Grapevine"/>

=== 1964–1971 ===
''[[Black Peter (film)|Black Peter]]'' is one of the first and most representative films of the [[Czechoslovak New Wave]]. It won the [[Golden Leopard]] award at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]]. It covers the first few days in the working life of a Czech teenager. In Czechoslovakia in 1964, the aimless Petr (Ladislav Jakim) starts work as a security guard in a busy self-service supermarket; unfortunately, he is so lacking in confidence that even when he sees shoplifters, he cannot bring himself to confront them. He is similarly tongue-tied with the lovely Asa (Pavla Martínková) and during the lectures about personal responsibility and the dignity of labor that his blustering father (Jan Vostrčil) delivers at home. ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]'' is one of the best–known movies of the [[Czechoslovak New Wave]], and won awards at the [[Venice Film Festival|Venice]] and [[Locarno International Film Festival|Locarno]] film festivals. It was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 1967.<ref name="Oscars1967">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 |title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners |access-date=9 November 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

In 1967, he directed ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]'' an original Czechoslovak–Italian co-production; this was Forman's first [[color film]]. It is one of the best–known movies of the Czechoslovak New Wave. On the face of it a naturalistic representation of an ill-fated social event in a provincial town, the film has been seen by both film scholars and the then-authorities in Czechoslovakia as a biting satire on East European Communism, which resulted in it being banned for many years in Forman's home country.<ref name="VarietyObit"/> The Czech term ''zhasnout'' (''to switch lights off''), associated with petty theft in the film, was used to describe the large-scale [[asset stripping]] that occurred in the country during the 1990s.<ref name="Grapevine"/> It was nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for [[List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]].<ref name="Oscars1969">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969 |title=The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners |access-date=15 November 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

<blockquote>"When [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Soviet tanks rumbled into Prague in August 1968]], Forman was in Paris negotiating for the production of ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]'' (1971), his first American film. Claiming that he was out of the country illegally, his Czech studio fired him, forcing Forman to emigrate to New York"<ref name="pbs/AmMasters//597">{{cite web |last1=cofresi |first1=diana |title=Milos Forman ~ About Milos Forman |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/milos-forman-about-milos-forman/597/ |website=American Masters |publisher=PBS |access-date=23 October 2023 |date=12 December 2003}}</ref></blockquote>

The first movie Forman made in the United States, ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]'', shared the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] (ex aequo)(second prize)<ref name="festival-cannes/taking-off">{{cite web |title=TAKING OFF |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/taking-off/ |website=Festival de Cannes |access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> with ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]'' at the [[1971 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2401/year/1971.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Taking Off |access-date=2009-04-13|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The film starred [[Lynn Carlin]] and [[Buck Henry]], and also featured, as Jeannie, Linnea Heacock, discovered, with friends, in [[Washington Square Park]].<ref name="cinema.wisc.edu/2015/taking-forman">{{cite web |last1=Horwitz |first1=Jonah |title=TAKING OFF: Forman's First American Film (and Last Czech Film ?) |url=https://cinema.wisc.edu/blog/2015/04/01/taking-formans-first-american-film-and-last-czech-film |website=Cinematheque |publisher=cinema.wisc.edu |access-date=23 October 2023 |quote=This essay on Miloš Forman's Taking Off (1971) was written by Jonah Horwitz, Ph.D Candidate in the Communication Arts Department at UW Madison. A 35mm print of Taking Off, part of our "Universal '71" series, will screen on Sunday, April 5, at 2 p.m., in the Chazen Museum of Art.}}</ref> It was critically panned and left Forman struggling to find work.<ref name="CitySpy2">{{cite web|url=https://cz.cityspy.network/prague/features/story-famed-czech-director-milos-forman-part-ii/|title=The Story of Famed Czech Director Miloš Forman (Part II)|date=6 September 2017|publisher=CitySpy|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> Forman later said that it did so poorly he ended up owing the studio $500.<ref name="NYTimes"/>

=== 1975–1989 ===
[[File:Goldman bo.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Bo Goldman]] (left) and [[Michael Douglas]] on the set "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)]]
His next film was ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1975). Despite the failure of ''Taking Off'', producers [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Saul Zaentz]] hired him to direct the adaptation of [[Ken Kesey]]'s cult novel ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''. Forman later said they hired him because he was in their price range.<ref name="NYTimes"/> Starring [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Louise Fletcher]], the adaptation was a critical and commercial success. The film won Oscars in the five most important categories: [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)|Best Adapted Screenplay]]. One of only three films in history to do so (alongside ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''), it firmly established Forman's reputation.<ref name="CitySpy2"/>

Arthur Knight, film critic of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' declared in his review, "With ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest'', Forman takes his rightful place as one of our most creative young directors. His casting is inspired, his sense of milieu is assured, and he could probably wring Academy Award performances from a stone."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/one-flew-cuckoos-nest-review-1975-movie-1162586/|title= 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest': THR's 1975 Review|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= 19 November 2018|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref> The success of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' allowed Forman to direct his long-planned [[Hair (film)|film version]] of ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' in 1979, a [[rock musical]] based on the [[Broadway musical]] by [[James Rado]], [[Gerome Ragni]] and [[Galt MacDermot]]. The film starred [[Treat Williams]], [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] and [[Beverly D'Angelo]]. It was disowned by the writers of the original musical, and, although it received positive reviews, it did not do well financially.<ref name="Grapevine"/>

In 1981, he directed ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]'', the American drama based on the 1975 historical novel ''[[Ragtime (novel)|Ragtime]]'' by [[E.L. Doctorow]]. Forman's next important achievement was ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'' (1984), an adaptation of [[Peter Shaffer]]'s [[Amadeus (play)|play of the same name]]. Retelling the story of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Antonio Salieri]], it starred [[Tom Hulce]], [[Elizabeth Berridge (actress)|Elizabeth Berridge]] and [[F. Murray Abraham]]. The film was internationally acclaimed and won eight [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for Abraham).<ref name="NYTimes"/> ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' film critic [[Roger Ebert]] praised the film, writing: "''Amadeus'' is a magnificent film, full and tender and funny and charming -- and, at the end, sad and angry, too, because in the character of Salieri it has given us a way to understand not only greatness, but our own lack of it".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/amadeus-1984|title= Amadeus - Movie Review|website= [[Roger Ebert|Rogerebert.com]]|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Milos Forman.jpg|thumb|170x170px|Forman in 2009]]
Forman's adaptation, ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]'' (1989) of [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]]'s novel ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]'' had its premiere on 17 November 1989. [[Dangerous Liaisons|Another film adaptation]] by [[Stephen Frears]] from the same source material had been released the previous year, and overshadowed Forman's adaptation.<ref name="NYTimes"/> The film starred [[Colin Firth]], [[Meg Tilly]] and [[Annette Bening]].<ref name="CitySpy2"/> The film received mixed reviews with critic of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Sheila Benson, praising its gorgeous costumes, but noting its inferior quality to ''Dangerous Liaisons''. She wrote: "''Valmont'' is gorgeous, and for a while you can coast on its costumes and production details....But to consider ''Valmont'' in the light of Baudelaire’s words on ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses''--”This book, if it burns, must burn like ice”—is to see just how far down this ice has been watered."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-17-ca-1660-story.html|title= MOVIE REVIEW : 'Valmont': A Not So Dangerous 'Liaisons'|website= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date= 17 November 1989|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref>

=== 1996–2006 ===
The 1996 biographical film, ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' was a portrayal of pornography mogul [[Larry Flynt]] who brought Forman another directing Oscar nomination.<ref name="academy"/> The film starred [[Woody Harrelson]], [[Courtney Love]], and [[Edward Norton]]. Though critically acclaimed, it grossed only $20 million at the box office.<ref name="NYTimes"/> The biography, ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999) was of famous actor and avant-garde comic [[Andy Kaufman]] ([[Jim Carrey]], who won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe]] for his performance) premiered on 22 December 1999. The film also starred [[Danny DeVito]], [[Courtney Love]], and [[Paul Giamatti]]. Several actors from ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' appeared in the film, including DeVito. In 2000, Forman performed alongside actor [[Edward Norton]] in Norton's directorial debut, ''[[Keeping the Faith]]'' (2000), as the wise friend to Norton's conflicted priest.<ref name="VarietyObit"/> 

Forman returned to directing with ''[[Goya's Ghosts]]'', which premiered on 8 November 2006. It was a biography of the Spanish painter [[Francisco Goya]], and an American-Spanish co-production. This was Forman's last film. It starred [[Natalie Portman]], [[Javier Bardem]], [[Stellan Skarsgård]] and [[Randy Quaid]] and struggled at the box office.<ref name="NYTimes"/> The film received mixed reviews with Phillip French of ''[[The Guardian]]'' lauding it writing "This is a most engaging, thoughtful, beautifully mounted film".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/may/06/worldcinema.drama1|title= Review Goya's Ghosts|website= The Guardian|date= 5 May 2007|accessdate= July 19, 2023|last1= French|first1= Philip}}</ref> However, Kirk Honeycut from ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote, "In general, the filmmakers failed to make several basic decisions before shooting...[the] Below-the-line credits are terrific, which only increases an overwhelming sense of disappointment with the film’s failed ambitions."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/goyas-ghosts-159042/|title= Goya's Ghosts|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= 19 July 2007|accessdate= July 19, 2023}}</ref>

===Unfinished projects===
In the late 1950s, Forman and [[Josef Škvorecký]] started adapting Škvorecký's short story ''Eine kleine Jazzmusik'' for the screen. The script, named ''Kapela to vyhrála'' (''The Band Won It''), tells the story of a student jazz band during the [[Nazi Occupation of Czechoslovakia]]. The script was submitted to [[Barrandov Film Studios]]. The studio required changes and both artists continued to rewrite the script. Right before the film started shooting, the whole project was completely scrapped, most probably due to intervention from people at the top of the political scene, as Škvorecký had just published his novel ''[[The Cowards]]'', which was strongly criticized by communist politicians.<ref name=proj>{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/about/projects|title=Unrealized Projects :: Miloš Forman|website=milosforman.com}}</ref> The story ''Eine kleine Jazzmusik'' was dramatized as a TV film in the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.csfd.cz/film/23448-eine-kleine-jazzmusik/prehled/ ČSFD: Eine kleine Jazzmusik (TV film)]</ref> In the spring and summer of 1968, Škvorecký and Forman cooperated again by jointly writing a script synopsis to make a film version of ''The Cowards''. After Škvorecký fled the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Warsaw Pact invasion]], the synopsis was translated into English, but no film was made.

In the mid-1960s, Forman, Passer and Papoušek were working on a script about a soldier secretly living in [[Lucerna Palace]] in Prague. They got stuck writing the script and went to a village firemen's ball. Inspired by the experience, they decided to cancel the script and write ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]'' instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/cz/movies/the-firemens-ball|title=Hoří, má panenko :: Miloš Forman|website=milosforman.com|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

In early 1970s, Forman worked on a script with [[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] based on his novel ''Vital Parts''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/87783|title=Vital parts : carbon copy of a typescript with autograph corrections, signed / screenplay by Miloš Forman and Thomas Berger.|website=The [[Morgan Library & Museum]]|date=25 July 2017 |accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref>

In 1989, Forman was asked to direct ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'' for Paramount and pitched directing the film to screenwriter [[Bruce Joel Rubin]]. However, he was dismissed from the film when both Rubin and Paramount disliked his ideas for the film.<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/ghost-screenwriter-bruce-joel-rubin-making-of-1235008913/ Harrison Ford Turned Down ‘Ghost,’ Frank Oz Almost Directed, and More Behind-the-Scenes Stories]</ref> 

In the early 1990s, Forman co-wrote a screenplay with [[Adam Davidson (director)|Adam Davidson]]. The screenplay, titled ''Hell Camp'', was about an American-Japanese love affair in the world of [[sumo]] wrestlers. The picture was to be funded by [[TriStar Pictures]], and was cancelled just four days before shooting because of the disapproval of the [[Japan Sumo Association]], while Forman refused to make the changes requested by the association.<ref name=proj/>

Forman was hand-picked by writer/producer [[Michael Crichton]] to direct ''[[Disclosure (1994 film)|Disclosure]]'' (1994), but subsequently left the project over creative differences with Crichton.<ref name="Variety"/>

In 1995, it was announced that Forman would direct a remake of ''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]'' (1936) for [[Warner Bros.]] starring [[Harrison Ford]], from a script by [[Alfred Uhry]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/milos-forman-back-in-biz-with-flynt-pic-99127124/|title=MILOS FORMAN BACK IN BIZ WITH FLYNT PIC|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 29, 1995|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref> It was postponed however, following an injury of Forman's.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/a-milos-mishap-99124801/|title=A Milos Mishap|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 5, 1995|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Archerd, Army|url=https://variety.com/1995/voices/columns/linden-returns-to-tuners-with-dodsworth-1117862796/|title=Linden returns to tuners with 'Dodsworth'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 16, 1995|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref>

In January 1997, Forman agreed to make Universal's ''The Little Black Book'' as his next film, expecting to shoot in the fall. It was an adaptation of the French play by [[Jean-Claude Carrière]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Fleming, Michael|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/forman-opens-u-s-little-black-book-1117433702/|title=Forman opens U's 'Little Black Book'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 13, 1997|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref> Later that same month, he reportedly was reading the script for, and considering directing, the [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] vehicle ''With Wings as Eagles''. Forman was the star's preferred choice to take on the helm of the project, which was set up at Paramount, under [[Alan Ladd Jr.]]<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Archerd, Army|url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/arnold-wants-forman-to-take-wings-1117863024/|title=Arnold wants Forman to take 'Wings'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 27, 1997|access-date=August 2, 2025}}</ref>

Around 2000, Forman was in talks to direct a film about the early life of [[Howard Hughes]] with screenplay by [[Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski]], and [[Edward Norton]] in the role of the eccentric young billionaire.<ref>{{cite news|last=McDougal|first=Dennis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/movies/a-movie-story-as-elusive-as-its-main-character.html|title=A Movie Story as Elusive as Its Main Character|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 9, 2005|access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref>

Around 2001, Forman was set to direct and co-write the comic crime caper ''Bad News'', adapted from the novel by [[Donald E. Westlake]]. Forman was co-writing the script with [[Doug Wright]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Harris, Dana|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/warners-makes-news-1117852856/|title=Warner makes 'News'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 18, 2001|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Brodesser, Claude|author2=McNary, Dave|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/regency-fox-nearing-news-1117865105/|title=Regency, Fox nearing 'News'|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 8, 2002|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref> The project never came to fruition.

In the early 2000s, Forman developed a film project to be titled ''Embers'', adapted by [[Jean-Claude Carrière]] from Hungarian novelist [[Sándor Márai]]’s novel. The film was about two men in the former [[Austria-Hungary]] Empire from different social backgrounds who become friends in military school and meet again 41 years later. Forman cast [[Sean Connery]] and [[Klaus Maria Brandauer]] as well as [[Winona Ryder]]. Several months before shooting, Sean Connery and the Italian producer had a disagreement, and Connery withdrew from the project. Forman was so convinced that Sean Connery fit the role that he didn't want to shoot the film without him and cancelled the project a few days before the shooting was due to start.<ref name=proj/>

In the late 2000s, the screenplay for ''Ghost of Munich'' was written by Forman, Jean-Claude Carriere and [[Václav Havel]] (the former Czech president and writer, who had studied at school with Forman), inspired by the novel by the French novelist [[:fr:Georges-Marc Benamou|Georges-Marc Benamou]]. The story takes a closer look at the events that surrounded the [[Munich Agreement]]. The role of the French Prime Minister [[Édouard Daladier]] was supposed to have been played by the French actor [[Mathieu Amalric]], with his older self played by [[Gérard Depardieu]]. However, the production company [[Pathé]] was not able to fund the project.<ref name=proj/>

In 2011, Forman was reportedly in negotiations to direct a screen adaptation of [[Mitchell Zuckoff]]'s acclaimed biography, ''Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend'', with [[Christopher Weekes]] penning the script.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cox, Gordon|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/ponzi-s-scheme-afoot-1118035940/|title='Ponzi's scheme afoot|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=April 24, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Hana Brejchová (1966).jpg|thumb|upright|Forman gave his 18-year-old sister-in-law [[Hana Brejchová]] her first film role in ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]'', which earned her third place in the Best Actress category at the Venice Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hana Brejchová|url=http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1108-hana-brejchova/|website=Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze|publisher=POMO Media Group|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>]]

Forman's first wife was Czech movie star [[Jana Brejchová]]. They met while making ''Štěňata'' (1957). They divorced in 1962. Forman had twin sons with his second wife Czech actress and singer [[Věra Křesadlová]]. They separated in 1969. Their sons {{ill|Petr Forman|lt=Petr|cs|Petr Forman}} and {{Interlanguage link|Matěj Forman|lt=Matěj|cs}} (b. 1964) are both involved in the theatre. Forman married {{ill|Martina Zbořilová|cs|Martina Formanová}} on 28 November 1999, and they also had twin sons Jim and Andy (born 1999).<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/obituaries/milos-forman-dead.html|title=Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Dies at 86|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 April 2018 |access-date=14 April 2018 |last1=Cieply |first1=Michael }}</ref>

Forman was professor emeritus of film at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=coluniv>[https://directory.columbia.edu/people/uni;jsessionid=5E073DC2A9EB9EA2EBF2F98E9AC40E90?code=mf20 Milos Forman page at Columbia University]. Directory.columbia.edu; retrieved 23 June 2011.</ref> In 1996, asteroid [[11333 Forman]] was named after him.<ref name="Grapevine">{{cite web|url=https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2009/10/06/issue-16-feature-interview-with-milos-forman/|title=Milos Forman's Masterclass|date=6 October 2009|publisher=Grapevine|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> He wrote poems and published the autobiography ''Turnaround'' in 1994.<ref name="Grapevine"/> After a short illness, he died at [[Danbury Hospital]] near his home in [[Warren, Connecticut]] on 13 April 2018 at age 86.<ref name=deathdate1>{{cite news|title=Forman, Oscar-winning director of 'Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Amadeus', dies at 86|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-forman/forman-oscar-winning-director-of-cuckoos-nest-and-amadeus-dies-at-86-idUSKBN1HL0CQ|work=Reuters|date=14 April 2018|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=deathdate2>{{cite news|title=Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2018/04/14/milos-forman-oscar-winning-director-dies/SMK5Lxs0lm9Ru83SdObCyH/story.html |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=14 April 2018 |access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-milos-forman-obit-20180414-story.html|title=Miloš Forman, Oscar-winning Czech director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' dies at 86|first=Gina|last=Piccalo|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-forman-idUKKBN1HL0CT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207221948/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-forman-idUKKBN1HL0CT|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2018|title=Forman, Oscar-winning director of "Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus",...|newspaper=Reuters|date=14 April 2018|via=uk.reuters.com}}</ref> He is interred at New Warren Cemetery in Warren, Connecticut.

==Work==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!English title<ref name="Miloš Forman">{{cite web|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1572-milos-forman/ |title=Miloš Forman |work=Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze |access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1520c5e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331012731/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1520c5e|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 March 2016|title=Milos Forman|publisher=BFI|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Forman">{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/about/actor-collaboration|title=Filmography|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
!width=65|Director
!width=65|Writer
!Original title
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Black Peter (film)|Black Peter]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ''Černý Petr'' 
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ''Lásky jedné plavovlásky''
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ''Hoří, má panenko''
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Goya's Ghosts]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|}

'''Documentary film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!English title
!width=65|Director
!width=65|Writer
!Original title
|-
| 1960
| ''Magic Lantern II''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1964
| ''If Only They Ain't Had Them Bands''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ''Kdyby ty muziky nebyly''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zff.com/en/archive/1408/|title= Kdyby ty muziky nebyly|publisher=Zurich Film Festival|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''Audition''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ''Konkurs''
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Visions of Eight]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Segment "The Decathlon"
|-
|}

'''Short film'''
* ''I Miss Sonia Henie''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/movies/i-miss-sonja-henie|title=I Miss Sonia Henie|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> (1971)

'''Acting credits'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1953
| ''Slovo dělá ženu'' (''[[A Woman as Good as Her Word]]'')
| Young Worker
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Stříbrný vítr (film)|Stříbrný vítr]]'' (''Silver wind'')
| dustojník u Stanku
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Heartburn (film)|Heartburn]]''
| Dmitri
|-
| 1989
| ''[[New Year's Day (1989 film)|New Year's Day]]''
| Lazlo
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Keeping the Faith]]''
| Father Havel
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Chelsea on the Rocks]]''
| Himself
|-
| 2009
| ''Peklo s princeznou'' (''Hell with a Princess'')
| Erlebub
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Beloved (2011 film)|Beloved]]'' (''Les Bien-aimés'')
| Jaromil
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!English title
!Original title
|-
| 1966
| ''A well paid walk''
| ''Dobře placená procházka''<ref name="Walk">{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/movies/walk-worthwhile|title=A Walk Worthwhile|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title<ref name="FormanTheatre">{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/about/theatre|title=Theatre Projects|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
! Director
! Writer
|-
| 1958
| ''Laterna magika''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1960
| ''Laterna magika II''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1972
| ''The Little Black Book''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2007
| ''A Walk Worthwhile''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|}

== Honours and legacy ==
In 1977, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<ref name="CitySpy2"/> In 1985, he headed the [[1985 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] and in 2000 did the same for the [[2000 Venice Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]].<ref name="VarietyObit">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/milos-forman-dead-dies-director-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1202753397/|title=Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' Dies at 86|magazine=Variety|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> He presided over a [[César Award]] ceremony in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/maitres-ceremonie.html|title=Présidences de Cérémonie|publisher=Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> In April 2007, he took part in the [[jazz]] opera ''[[Dobře placená procházka]]'', itself a remake of the TV film he made in 1966.<ref name="Walk"/> It premiered at the [[National Theatre (Prague)|Prague National Theatre]], directed by Forman's son, Petr Forman.<ref name="Walk"/> Named 30th greatest Czech by ''[[Největší Čech]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/nejvetsicech/oprojektu_top100|title=Největší Čech|publisher=Ceskatelvize.cz|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref> Forman's films ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' and ''Amadeus'' were selected for the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1993 and 2019 respectively<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>

*1965: Awarded the state prize of [[Klement Gottwald]] for ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/movies/loves-of-a-blonde|title=Loves of a Blonde|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
*1997: The [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/history/1997|title=KVIFF History|publisher=KVIFF.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
*1998: Awarded a lifetime Achievement award by the [[Czech Lion Awards]] for his contributions to Czech cinema<ref name="Prague">{{cite web|url=https://prague.tv/en/s72/c8-Cinema/n9308-Milos-Forman-named-honorary-citizen|title=Milos Forman named honorary citizen|publisher=Prague.tv|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
*1995: Awarded Czech [[Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)|Medal of Merit]]<ref name="Prague"/>
*2006: Awarded the [[Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award]]
*2009: Forman received an honorary degree from [[Emerson College]] in Boston, Massachusetts, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emerson.edu/news-events/emerson-college-today/archives/2009?postingID=11144|title=News Articles in 2009|work=Emerson College|date=12 July 2023 }}</ref>
*2015: Awarded honorary [[Doctor of humane letters]] degree by [[Columbia University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/node/19390.html|title=University Commencement, Morningside Campus|work=columbia.edu|access-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312160658/http://www.columbia.edu/node/19390.html|archive-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
Throughout Forman's career he won two [[Academy Awards]], three [[Golden Globe Awards]], [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] at the Cannes Film Festival, [[Golden Bear]] at the [[Berlin Film Festival]], a [[British Academy Film Award|BAFTA Award]], a [[César Award]], and the [[Czech Lion]].<ref name=academy/>

{|class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Title
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| [[48th Academy Awards|1976]]
|rowspan=3|[[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="VarietyObit"/>
|-
| [[57th Academy Awards|1985]]
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="VarietyObit"/>
|-
| [[69th Academy Awards|1997]]
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="VarietyObit"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[26th British Academy Film Awards|1972]]
| rowspan=5|[[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA"/>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA"/>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA"/>
|-
| [[30th British Academy Film Awards|1977]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="BAFTA">{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=milos%20forman|title=BAFTA Awards Search|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[39th British Academy Film Awards|1986]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA"/>
|-
| [[33rd Golden Globe Awards|1976]]
| rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Globes">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/milos-forman|title=Milos Forman|publisher=Golden Globes|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[39th Golden Globe Awards|1982]]
| ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Globes"/>
|-
| [[42nd Golden Globe Awards|1985]]
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Globes"/>
|-
| [[54th Golden Globe Awards|1997]]
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Globes"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1971 Cannes Film Festival|1971]]
| rowspan=2|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Cannes"/>
|-
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/artist/milos-forman|title=Milos FORMAN -Festival de Cannes 2018|publisher=Cannes Festival|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[47th Berlin International Film Festival|1997]]
| rowspan=3|[[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Golden Berlin Bear]]
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Berlinale 1997">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistr_ger_1997/03_Preistraeger_1997.html |title=Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners |access-date=12 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[50th Berlin International Film Festival|2000]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Berlinale 2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2000/03_preistr_ger_2000/03_Preistraeger_2000.html |title=PRIZES & HONOURS 2000|access-date=9 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121139/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2000/03_preistr_ger_2000/03_Preistraeger_2000.html| archive-date=15 October 2013 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Director]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Berlinale 2000"/>
|-
| [[2nd César Awards|1977]]
| rowspan=4|[[César Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Cesar"/>
|-
| [[5th César Awards|1980]]
| ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Cesar"/>
|-
| [[10th César Awards|1985]]
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Cesar">{{cite web|url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/en/recherche.html?todo=recherche&texte=milos+forman|title=Results Milos Forman|publisher=Academie des Arted de Cinema|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[15th César Awards|1990]]
| [[César Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Cesar"/>
|-
| 1976
| rowspan=4|[[David di Donatello Awards]]
| rowspan="3" | [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director|Best Foreign Director]]
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-details/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest/movieawards/68667639.cms|title = One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Awards: List of Awards won by English movie One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest| website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/movies/hair|title=Hair|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Amadeusawards">{{cite web|url=https://milosforman.com/en/movies/amadeus|title=Amadeus|publisher=MilosForman.com|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Amadeusawards"/>
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations received by Forman's films
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Loves of a Blonde]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Firemen's Ball]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
|
| 
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|
| 
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Visions of Eight]]''
|
|
| 
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
| 1975
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''
| 
| 
| 
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Valmont (film)|Valmont]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| 
| 
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|
| 
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''
| 
|
| 
| 
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|33
!align=center|13
!align=center|27
!align=center|10
!align=center|30
!align=center|14
|}

'''Directed Academy Award performances'''<br />
Under Forman's direction, these actors have received [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations (and wins) for their performances in their respective roles.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Performer
!Film
!Result
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]'''
|-
|[[48th Academy Awards|1975]]
|[[Jack Nicholson]]
|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[57th Academy Awards|1984]]
|[[F. Murray Abraham]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Tom Hulce]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[69th Academy Awards|1996]]
|[[Woody Harrelson]]
|''[[People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]'''
|-
|1975
|[[Brad Dourif]]
|''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[54th Academy Awards|1981]]
|[[Howard Rollins|Howard E. Rollins Jr.]]
|''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]'''
|-
|1975
|[[Louise Fletcher]]
|''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''
|{{won}}
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]'''
|-
|1981
|[[Elizabeth McGovern]]
|''Ragtime''
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==See also==

* [[List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of Czech Academy Award winners and nominees]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
The Milos Forman Stories von Antonin J. Liehm {{ISBN|9781138658295}}

==External links==
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*https://catalog.afi.com/Person/186661-Milos-Forman
*{{C-SPAN|35490}}
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/forman.html Milos Forman: Bibliography of books and articles] via UC Berkeley
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180221044756/http://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/interviews/milos_forman.htm Interview with Milos Forman] zakka.dk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151201103246/http://www.czech.cz/en/czech-republic/history/famous-czechs-of-the-past-century/milos-forman/ Miloš Forman] profile Czech.cz
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*{{Find a Grave|188792495}}

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