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Milos Forman

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Milos Forman · Arts & Literature

What

Two-time Oscar-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus); biological father was Jewish architect Otto Kohn.

When

1932, Caslav, Czechoslovakia — 2018, Warren, United States

Where

Czechoslovakia · United States

Biography

Milos Forman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Two-time Oscar-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus); biological father was Jewish architect Otto Kohn.

How & why

Milos Forman was a Czech-American film director who won two Academy Awards for Best Director, for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975) and 'Amadeus' (1984), after emerging from the Czechoslovak New Wave. His parents died in Nazi camps during the war; he later learned that his biological father was the Jewish architect Otto Kohn, giving him documented Jewish ancestry.

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Two-time Oscar-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus); biological father was Jewish architect Otto Kohn.

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