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 in his home country in the more reformist atmosphere of the Prague Spring. However, it was later banned by the Communist government after the invasion by the Warsaw Pact countries in 1968. Forman was subsequently forced to leave Czechoslovakia for the United States, where he continued making films, gaining wider critical and financial success. In 1975, he directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) starring Jack Nicholson as a patient in a mental institution. The film received widespread acclaim, and was the second in history to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor in Leading Role, and Actress in Leading Role.

In 1978, he directed the anti-war musical Hair which premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. In 1981, he directed the turn of the century drama film, Ragtime, which was known for its large ensemble cast. The film went on to receive 8 Academy Award nominations. His next feature was a period biographical film, Amadeus (1984), based on the life of famed classical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart starring Tom Hulce, and F. Murray Abraham. The film was both a critical and financial success earning 11 nominations with 8 wins including for Best Picture, and another win for Forman as Best Director. In 1996, Forman received another Academy Award nomination for Best Director for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996).

Throughout Forman's career he won 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, a British Academy Film Award, a César Award, David di Donatello Award, and the Czech Lion.

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Jan Tomáš Forman, né le 18 février 1932 à Čáslav, Tchécoslovaquie, et mort le 13 avril 2018, connu sous le nom de Miloš Forman, est un professeur de cinéma, un scénariste et un réalisateur américain d'origine tchécoslovaque

Miloš Forman (bürgerlich Jan Tomáš Forman; * 18. Februar 1932 in Čáslav, Tschechoslowakei; † 13. April 2018 in Danbury, Connecticut) war ein tschechoslowakisch-US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur. In den 1960er-Jahren erreichte er als Teil der Tschechoslowakischen Neuen Welle erstmals internationale Aufmerksamkeit. Nach Auseinandersetzungen mit dem kommunistischen Regime musste Forman in die Vereinigten Staaten emigrieren. Dort wurde er für seine Arbeit an den Filmen Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest und Amadeus mit zwei Oscars ausgezeichnet.

Miloš Forman es un director de cine, actor y guionista checo. Dos de sus películas, Amadeus y One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, recibieron varios premios Óscar, incluido el de mejor director en ambas. Otras de sus obras también fueron reconocidas con premios internacionales.

Miloš Forman es hijo de padres protestantes. A temprana edad, quedó huérfano, después de que su madre muriera en el campo de concentración de Auschwitz y su padre en Buchenwald, donde fue arrestado por distribuir libros prohibidos por el nazismo. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Forman vivió con parientes y luego descubrió que su padre biológico era un arquitecto judío. Después de la guerra, acudió a la escuela pública Krále Jiřího en la ciudad de Podebrady, donde sus compañeros de estudios fueron Václav Havel y los hermanos Mašín. Posteriormente, estudió dirección cinematográfica en la Escuela de Cine de Praga, donde uno de sus maestros fue Otakar Vávra.