- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 10, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Died
- January 9, 2020
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer (10 July 1933 – 9 January 2020) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, best known for his involvement in the Czechoslovak New Wave and for directing American films such as Born to Win (1971), Cutter's Way (1981) and Stalin (1992). Passer was born in Prague, the son of Marianna (Mandelick) and Alois Passer. Passer attended King George boarding school in Poděbrady with future filmmakers Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski and Paul Fierlinger and statesman Václav Havel. He then studied at FAMU in Prague, but did not finish the course. He began his career as an assistant director on Ladislav Helge's Velká samota. Later he collaborated with his friend Forman on all of Forman's Czech films, including Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), both of which Passer co-wrote and which were nominated for Academy Awards. He introduced Forman to cinematographer Miroslav O…
Filmography
movieCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
movieClose Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016 · Self
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
movieThe Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012 · Self
Miloš Forman
movieMiloš Forman
2010 · Self
Golden Sixties
tvGolden Sixties
2009 · Self
movieNomad: The Warrior
2005 · Director
moviePicnic
2000 · Director
movieThe Wishing Tree
1999 · Director
movieKidnapped
1995 · Director
While Justice Sleeps
movieWhile Justice Sleeps
1994 · Director
movieStalin
1992 · Director
movieFourth Story
1991 · Director
movieHaunted Summer
1988 · Director
movieCreator
1985 · Director
movieThe Nightingale
1983 · Director
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Director
movieCutter's Way
1981 · Director
movieSilver Bears
1977 · Director
movieTVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Self
movieCrime and Passion
1976 · Adaptation, Director
movieLaw and Disorder
1974 · Director, Screenplay
movieBorn to Win
1971 · Writer, Director
movieThe Firemen's Ball
1967 · Screenplay
An Occasion to Speak
movieAn Occasion to Speak
1966 · Self
movieLoves of a Blonde
1965 · Screenplay, Story, First Assistant Director
movieA Boring Afternoon
1965 · Director, Screenplay
movieIntimate Lighting
1965 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieBlack Peter
1964 · First Assistant Director
movieAudition
1964 · First Assistant Director, Story, Screenplay
movieWhen the Cat Comes
1963 · First Assistant Director
movieThe Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961 · Assistant Director
movieSkid
1960 · Assistant Director
Great Solitude
movieGreat Solitude
1960 · Assistant Director