Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Miloš Forman
6 films · 1965 to 1999 · 3 on TSPDT
Born 18 February 1932, Čáslav, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] · Died 13 April 2018
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
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That film really captures something about being a young woman that is both universal and also very specific to her world. The performances are just so real.