Ivan Passer
Directing
Born: 1933-07-10 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died: 2020-01-09
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 (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 studie
🎬 Movies (30)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
Self
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
Self
Miloš Forman
2010
Self
Nomad: The Warrior
2005
Director
Picnic
2000
Director
The Wishing Tree
1999
Director
Kidnapped
1995
Director
While Justice Sleeps
1994
Director
Stalin
1992
Director
Fourth Story
1991
Director
Haunted Summer
1988
Director
Creator
1985
Director
The Nightingale
1983
Director
Cutter's Way
1981
Director
Silver Bears
1977
Director
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
Self
Crime and Passion
1976
Director
Law and Disorder
1974
Director
Born to Win
1971
Director
The Firemen's Ball
1967
Screenplay
An Occasion to Speak
1966
Self
Intimate Lighting
1965
Director
Loves of a Blonde
1965
First Assistant Director
A Boring Afternoon
1965
Director
Audition
1964
Story
Black Peter
1964
First Assistant Director
When the Cat Comes
1963
First Assistant Director
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961
Assistant Director
Great Solitude
1960
Assistant Director
