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Forman was born in Caslav, Czechoslovakia and was orphaned at a very young age as his parents died at the concentration camp in Auschwitz for their membership in Czech Resistance group. After war, Milos attended King George College, public school in spa town Podebrady , where his fellow-students were Vaclav Havel and Masin brothers. Later on he studied film direction and the School of Cinema in Prague. He directed several Czechoslovakian comedies before leaving for the United States in 1968 after the Warsaw Pact invasion of his country.

In spite of initial difficulties he started directing in his new home country, achieving his first success with the adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey first published in 1962. The 1975 film version of the same name was directed by Milos Forman. Randle Patrick McMurphy, a serial petty criminal who has been sentenced to a relatively short prison term in 1975, which won five Academy Awards including one for direction.

Notable works

• Black Peter ( 1963See also 1962 in film 1963 1964 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events June 12 — Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. November 7 — The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,)
• The Loves of a Blond ( 1966See also 1965 in film 1966 1967 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films :North America Thunderball Dr. Zhivago Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf That Darn Cat The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming Lt. Robinson Crusoe, US)
• The Firemen's Ball ( 1968See also 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 The film The Lion in Winter starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. Top grossing films :North America # The Graduate # Guess Who's Coming to Dinner # Gone with the Wind)
• Taking Off ( 1971See also 1970 in film 1971 1972 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events February 8 Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour The first per)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey first published in 1962. The 1975 film version of the same name was directed by Milos Forman. Randle Patrick McMurphy, a serial petty criminal who has been sentenced to a relatively short prison term ( 1975See also 1974 in film 1975 1976 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events January 28 George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars''. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode On)
• HairHair was a 1979 film based on the musical of the same name. It was directed by Milos Forman, who was nominated for a Cesar Award for his work. Cast members include Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus and Annie Golden. It omits the son - musical ( 1979)
• Amadeus ( 1984)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt ( 1996)
• Man On The Moon ( 1999)