Editing Czechs (section)

==== Film ====
Film director [[Miloš Forman]], known best for his movie, ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' is of Czech origin and started his career in Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Erickson
| first = Hal
| title = Milos Forman, biography
| url = http://www.milosforman.com/bio.html
| website = Allmovie
| access-date = 10 February 2008
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080223003850/http://www.milosforman.com/bio.html
| archive-date = 23 February 2008
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}}</ref> Forman was a member of the so-called [[Czech New Wave]]. Other members included [[Jiří Menzel]] ([[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Oscar]] 1967), [[Ivan Passer]], [[Věra Chytilová]] and [[Elmar Klos]] (Oscar 1965). Also the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to [[Jan Svěrák]] (1996). The influential [[surrealist]] filmmaker and animator [[Jan Švankmajer]] was born in [[Prague]] and has resided in the Czech Republic throughout his life. In the field of animation and puppet film famous people include [[Zdeněk Miler]], [[Karel Zeman]] and [[Jiří Trnka]].

Actors [[Zdeněk Svěrák]], [[Vlastimil Brodský]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/566.cfm|title=Vlastimil Brodsky – Czech Film|website=Worldpress.org|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105030/http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/566.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vladimír Menšík]],<ref>{{cite web
| title = Czech-Slovak film Database, Vladimír Menšík
| url = http://www.csfd.cz/herec/1548-mensik-vladimir/
| publisher = POMO Media Group
| access-date = 11 February 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103080157/http://www.csfd.cz/herec/1548-mensik-vladimir/
| archive-date = 3 January 2008
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}}</ref> [[Libuše Šafránková]] or [[Karel Roden]] have also made a mark in modern Czech history. The most successful Czech erotic actress is [[Silvia Saint]].