Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: B etislav Pojar, Du an Tran ik, Elmar Klos, Evald Schorm, Frank Daniel, Franti ek ap, Franti ek Vla il, Gustav Machaty, Hermina Tyrlova, Ivan Passer, Jan Kadar, Jan N mec, Jan vankmajer, Jan Sv rak, Jaromil Jire, Jaroslav Balik, Jind ich Polak, Ji i Menzel, Ji i Trnka, Ji i Weiss, Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Karel Kachy a, Karel Reisz, Karel Stekly, Karel Zeman, Marie Poled akova, Martin Fri, Martin ulik, Milo Forman, Old ich Lipsky, Pavel Jura ek, Vaclav Vorli ek, V ra Chytilova, Vojt ch Jasny, Zden k Miler, Zden k Podskalsky. Excerpt: Jan Toma Forman (Czech pronunciation: born February 18, 1932), known as Milo Forman (, ), is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, and professor, who since 1968 has lived and worked primarily outside the former Czechoslovakia and the present Czech Republic. Forman was one of the most important directors of the Czechoslovak New Wave. His 1967 film The Fireman's Ball, on the face of it a naturalistic representation of an ill-fated social event in a provincial town, has been viewed by both movie 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. Since Forman left Czechoslovakia, two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, have acquired particular renown, both gaining him an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for a Best Director Oscar for The People vs. Larry Flynt. He has also won Golden Globe, Cannes, Berlinale, BAFTA, Cesar, David di Donatello, European Film Academy, and Czech Lion awards. Forman was born in aslav, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), the son of Anna (nee vabova), who ran a summer hotel. When young, he believed his...