Ivan Passer
Directing
Born July 10, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
Filmography
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
Nomad: The Warrior
Picnic
The Wishing Tree
Kidnapped
Stalin
Fourth Story
Haunted Summer
Creator
The Nightingale
Faerie Tale Theatre
Cutter's Way
Silver Bears
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
Crime and Passion
Law and Disorder
Born to Win
The Firemen's Ball
Loves of a Blonde
A Boring Afternoon
Intimate Lighting
Black Peter
Audition
When the Cat Comes
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Skid