Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman won the Academy Award for Best Director twice during his career. He took home the Oscar for his work on the 1975 psychiatric drama "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and again for the 1984 period film "Amadeus."

Yes, Forman directed the 1979 film adaptation of the hit counterculture stage musical "Hair." He was considered a natural fit for the project due to his background in the Czech New Wave and his frequent explorations of anti-authoritarian themes.

Before achieving massive success in Hollywood, Forman was a leading figure of the Czech New Wave, directing films like 1967's "The Firemen's Ball." He left Czechoslovakia for the United States shortly after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia crushed the Prague Spring in 1968.

Forman's biographical film about the founder of "Hustler" magazine takes some creative liberties, but it accurately portrays the real-life 1988 Supreme Court case *Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell*. The film stars Woody Harrelson as Flynt and explores First Amendment rights.