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Milos Forman Biography

  • Birth Name: Jan Tomas Forman
  • Birth Place: Caslav, Czechoslovakia
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/18/1932, Aquarius
  • Profession: Director; screenwriter; producer; actor
Milos Forman Fast Facts:
  • Both parents died in Nazi concentration camps: father at Buchenwald; mother at Auschwitz.
  • Originally intended to pursue his filmmaking career in Prague, but was forced to relocate to France after Russian troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968.
  • First English-language film was the 1971 comedy Taking Off.
  • Returned to Prague to film Amadeus (1984). The movie was shot almost exclusively in Czechoslovakia and marked Forman's first return to his home country since the 1960s. 
  • Taught filmmaking at Columbia University and was named codirector of the institute's film program.
  • Published Turnaround: A Memoir in 1994.
  • Has two sets of twin sons born 34 years apart. Andrew and James, born in 1999, are named after Andy Kaufman and Jim Carrey, the subject and star, respectively, of Forman's 1999 film Man on the Moon.
    Milos Forman Relationships:
  • Andrew Forman - Son
  • Anna Forman - Mother
  • Beverly D'Angelo - Ex-significant Other
  • Blahoslav Forman - Brother
  • James Forman - Son
  • Jana Brejchova - Ex-wife
  • Martina Zborilova - Wife
  • Matej Forman - Son
  • Pavel Forman - Brother
  • Petr Forman - Son
  • Rudolf Forman - Father
  • Vera Kresadlová - Ex-wife

  • Milos Forman Awards:
  • 1976 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1982 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1985 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1997 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1975 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1984 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1996 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee

  • College:
  • University of Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia (1955)
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