Milos Forman was born on February 18, 1932 in Caslav, Czechoslovakia. He was born as Jan Tomáš Forman and later adopted the name Milos Forman (Biography). His family was part of a resistance group during the Holocaust. When Milos was only eight years old, his father was arrested for belonging to the resistance group, and shortly after his father, his mother was as well. After the tragic incident with his parents, he moved in with other members of his family (Milos Forman). He attended King George Boarding School in Podebrady (Biography). The school was for boys orphaned during the war, but a large portion of the students were not orphans. Many political parties donated to the school and through these large donations the principal was able to provide good teachers for the orphans. The school has become one of the best in the country. It is in this school that we will meet many other soon-to-be famous directors such as Ivan Passer (Milos Forman). It was interesting that politicians were investing money in a school for boys who had lost their families along the way, but then their sons started coming to the school. Thanks to the immense amount of these donations, the principal was able to afford to have the best teachers and the school became the best secondary school in the country (Milos Forman). However, he began his career as a screenwriter. Milos began preparing for his career when he enrolled at the Prague Film Academy to study screenwriting (biography). Milos' career began in the 1960s with his first film Magic Lantern II. This was by no means a success. However, Milos Forman's career was just beginning to blossom as a director. Milos Forman is one of the main directors of the Czechoslovak New Wave (Biography). His films, Amours......middle of paper......es in 1966 (Biography). This is important because Milos Forman's films contributed to Czechoslovak international recognition of important films. Although he did not win, he left his mark on the history of Czechoslovakia. Milos Forman's work began to be studied by screenwriters and directors and contributed their work to it (Goulding 89). However, all good things must come to an end, as they inevitably will. The fall of Alexander Dubcek occurred and with it came a new period of censorship and purification in the film industry. In 1968, the Firemen's Ball was banned, which pushed Milos Forman over the edge and into America's hands. This decision essentially ended his career as it was. However, he continued to make films there, but they were mainly adaptations of films or books. His last original idea would have been the film Taking Off (Milos Forman Films).