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person_profile-Ivan Passer

Ivan Passer Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ivan Passer

Date of Birth:

Jul 10, 1933

Country of birth:

Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died:

Jan 09, 2020

Biography of

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 Ondříček whom he knew from Velká samota. He then directed his first feature, Intimate Lighting, which was released in 1965 and is considered by some to be Passer's masterpiece.

    In 1969, after the Warsaw Pact invasion, Passer and Forman left Czechoslovakia together. Both proceeded to the United States, with Forman becoming an Academy Award-winning filmmaker. Passer went on to make several prominent American films such as Born to Win (1971), a junkie drama starring George Segal and Karen Black, and Cutter's Way (1981), a dramatic thriller starring Jeff Bridges and John Heard.

    Though best known for his idiosyncratic, often gritty dramas, he also directed comedies such as Silver Bears (1978) starring Michael Caine and Creator (1985) starring Peter O'Toole. Later in his career, he directed numerous films for television, most notably the award-winning biopic Stalin (1992) starring Robert Duvall for HBO. He was also a film professor at the University of Southern California.

    Passer died on January 9, 2020 from pulmonary complications in Reno, Nevada. He was 86 years old.

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Filmography of

Ivan Passer

Found 21 Movies in total

... 2005

Picnic

Director

... 2000

... 1999

Kidnapped

Director

... 1995

Stalin

Director

... 1992

... 1991

... 1988

Creator

Director

... 1985

... 1983

... 1981

... 1977

... 1976

... 1974

... 1971

... 1965

... 1965

Black Peter

First Assistant Director

... 1964

... 1964

When the Cat Comes

First Assistant Director

... 1963

... 1961

Skid

Assistant Director

... 1960