Biography
Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (/ˈmiːloʊʃ/; Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; February 18, 1932 – April 13, 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. 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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Forman vs. Forman
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his...

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaim...

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
as Self
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on th...

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016
as Self
Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.

Olga
2014
as Self

Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
2014
as Self
A new TV documentary on Chaplin that celebrates a 100 years of the iconic Tramp, presented by Laurent Delahousse.
Milos Forman Taking Off in America
2012
as Self
Milos Forman and guests look at his career from his departing Czechoslovakia and his arrival in America with stories and interviews about The Fireman'...
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
as Self
"A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In December 2006 when he...

Beloved
2011
as Jaromil
From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the ...

Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
A documentary about the making of Milos Forman's 1975 film ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, featuring interviews with the director, cast, and crew.

Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
2011
Documentary about the Soviet film director and his changing fortunes during the Stalin years.

Carrière, 250 Meters
2011
as Self
A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collab...
Miloš Forman
2010
as Self

Sodankylä Forever
2010
as Self
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by ...

Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
2010
as Self - Interviewee: Director
Documentary on Galt MacDermot.

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from? What is the story of his life?
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
2009
as Self
After being one of the most successful filmmakers in Europe in the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) lives in a small apartment in New Yor...

A Walk Worthwhile
2009
Director
The young couple Uli and Vanilla want to split up, but lust and money get in their way.
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
as Self
Documentary on the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

It Is Hell with the Princess
2009
as čert Elrebub
To help his daughter avoid marriage to an inept prince, King Leopold claims that Lucifer himself is wooing the princess. Satanic panic ensues.

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once considered an un...

Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home i...

Goya's Ghosts
2006
Director, Screenplay
Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to h...

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to wa...

Nomad: The Warrior
2005
Producer
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he...

Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Self
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
as Self
A documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of collaborators and admirers.
A Room Nearby
2003
as Self (voice)
Paul Fierlinger's unique animation captures five individuals from diverse backgrounds as they describe their bouts with loneliness, its challenges and...

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Self
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, writ...

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...

The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002
as Self - Director
This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and at one of contemporary cinema's most maddeningly br...
An Interview with Milos Forman
2002
as Themself
“This video interview with director Milos Forman was conducted in New York City in 2001.
The Beatles Revolution
2000
as Self
A primetime special celebrating The Beatles and exploring the lasting impact on pop music of Beatles innovations like stadium concerts, music videos, ...

The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
Documentary about the Chzech director, Milos Forman.

Keeping the Faith
2000
as Father Havel
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper W...
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000
as Self
In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film ind...

Way Past Cool
2000
Executive Producer
Based on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of youn...

Man on the Moon
1999
Director
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...

Completely Cuckoo
1997
as Self
Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...

The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Director
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living p...

Drawn from Memory
1995
as Self (voice)
Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memories, vivid recollections, and the occasional evocat...

Why Havel?
1991
as voice
The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný: The Film Poet in Exile (2020) authored by the film historian Jiří Voráč....
Victor
1991
Production Assistant
The 27 minute precursor to "Heavy" (1995) made under the mentorship of Miloš Forman

The Republic Pictures Story
1991
as Self
A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.

New Year's Day
1990
as Lazlo
A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they...

Valmont
1989
Director
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that h...

Heartburn
1986
as Dimitri
Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser...

The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self - Film Director
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and pro...

Amadeus
1984
Director
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese...

Chytilová Versus Forman
1982
as Self
An intellectual match between two dramatically different artists, one permanently unsure and frustrated and questioning everything, the other an aston...
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
as Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Ragtime
1981
Director
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...

Hair
1979
Director
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his...

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Director
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and...

Male of the Century
1975
Idea
The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.

Visions of Eight
1973
as Narrator
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch...

Visions of Eight
1973
Director
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch...

Taking Off
1971
Director, Writer
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose chil...

I Miss Sonia Henie
1971
Director, Writer
One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task f...

The Nail Clippers
1969
Screenplay
The disappearance of some nail clippers in a hotel room puzzles the owners of the capricious object.

The Firemen's Ball
1967
Director, Screenplay
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pagean...
An Occasion to Speak
1966
as Self
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

A Well Paid Walk
1966
Director, Screenplay
Dobře placená procházka (English title: Worth While or A Well Paid Walk) is a Czech musical and film. The young couple Uli and Vanilla want to split ...

Loves of a Blonde
1965
Director, Story, Screenplay
Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming youn...

Black Peter
1964
Screenplay, Director, Story
A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.

Audition
1964
Story, Screenplay, Director
Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally, and in a talent competition a young girl gets...

Tam za lesem
1962
The brave soldiers, including a young Romani man determined to become a machine driver after the war, are preparing to fight for the Dukla Pass, and t...

Tam za lesem
1962
First Assistant Director
The brave soldiers, including a young Romani man determined to become a machine driver after the war, are preparing to fight for the Dukla Pass, and t...

Ceiling
1962
The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost comple...

Laterna magika II
1960
Director, Writer
A film of the Czech multimedia theatre production, Magician's Lantern. Eight Czechoslovak directors filmed a choreographic performance conceived and d...

Puppies
1958
Story, Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a relative oasis of creativity and freed...

Vintage Car
1957
The history of motoring in Bohemia begins when Laurin and Klement founded a factory for the production of motorcycles. In 1904, the first motorcycle r...

Vintage Car
1957
Assistant Director
The history of motoring in Bohemia begins when Laurin and Klement founded a factory for the production of motorcycles. In 1904, the first motorcycle r...

Silvery Wind
1956
Second half of the 19th century. In a small town in South Bohemia, fifth-former Jan Ratkin is living through the confusions of first love together wit...

Nechte to na mně
1955
Screenplay
A hardworking employee at a printing plant takes on all sorts of roles until he nearly collapses under their weight. He learns that those who try to d...

Slovo dělá ženu
1953
Innovator Ludvík Zach is in love with his technical data and improvement proposals and does not believe that women could be able to understand these p...

Milos Forman: What Happened Was...
N/A
as Self
In this 2007 interview two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director, Milos Forman talks at length about his days as a film student in then communis...