Miloš Forman studied Cinematography in Prague. Films from his early career include A Blonde in Love (1965), which won him the nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. After the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion, Forman moved to the United States in 1968 where he filmed the satire Taking off in 1971. Success came in 1975 with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which won five Oscars, including Best Director. He continued the subject of social protest with Hair (1979) and Ragtime (1981). His greatest hit, Amadeus, on the life of Mozart, won him another Academy Award for Best Director in 1984. In the years that followed, his films included Valmont (1989), The People vs. Larry Flint (1996), Man on the Moon (1999) and Goya’s Ghosts (2006). A serious form of macular degeneration prevented him from directing, although he occasionally performed in films, his dedication to cinema undimmed until his recent death.