Ivan Passer
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-07-10 (87 years old)
Deathday
2020-01-09
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
I. Passer
Ivan Passer
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 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 collabora...
Acting
1976
as Self
2016
2012
1966
as Self
2010
as Self
2018
Production
1961
as Assistant Director
1971
as Writer
1971
as Director
1981
as Director
1963
as First Assistant Director
1964
as First Assistant Director
1964
as Story
1964
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1988
as Director
1977
as Director
1965
as Story
1965
as Screenplay
1965
as Screenplay
1965
as Story
1965
as First Assistant Director
2005
as Director
1992
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Director
1995
as Director
1999
as Director
1976
as Adaptation
1967
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1974
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
2000
as Director
1991
as Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1983
as Director
1994
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
1964
as First Assistant Director
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