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Ivan Passer

Ivan Passer

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/07/1933

Day of Death

09/01/2020
(87) years old

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography

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 (Man... Read More

Known For

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Filmography

Crew

2005

Nomad: The Warrior

as Director

2000

Picnic

as Director

1999

The Wishing Tree

as Director

1995

Kidnapped

as Director

1994

While Justice Sleeps

as Director

1992

Stalin

as Director

1991

Fourth Story

as Director

1988

Haunted Summer

as Director

1985

Creator

as Director

1983

The Nightingale

as Director

1981

Cutter's Way

as Director

1977

Silver Bears

as Director

1976

Crime and Passion

as Adaptation

1976

Crime and Passion

as Director

1974

Law and Disorder

as Director

1974

Law and Disorder

as Screenplay

1971

Born to Win

as Writer

1971

Born to Win

as Director

1967

The Firemen's Ball

as Screenplay

1965

Loves of a Blonde

as Screenplay

1965

Loves of a Blonde

as Story

1965

Loves of a Blonde

as First Assistant Director

1965

A Boring Afternoon

as Director

1965

A Boring Afternoon

as Screenplay

1965

Intimate Lighting

as Story

1965

Intimate Lighting

as Screenplay

1965

Intimate Lighting

as Director

1964

Black Peter

as First Assistant Director

1964

Audition

as First Assistant Director

1964

Audition

as Story

1964

Audition

as Screenplay

1963

When the Cat Comes

as First Assistant Director

1961

The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

as Assistant Director

1960

Skid

as Assistant Director

1960

Great Solitude

as Assistant Director