Ivan Passer

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ivan Passer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Tê zanîn: Directing
  • Rojbûn: 1933-07-10
  • Min jî birîya te Kirîye: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Ivan Passer Fîlim

  • 1976
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    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    6 1976 HD

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  • 2016
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    Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    6.4 2016 HD

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  • 1970
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    Tvoje slza, můj déšť: Přítomnost Arnošta Lustiga

    Tvoje slza, můj déšť: Přítomnost Arnošta Lustiga

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  • 1966
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    Ein Anlaß zum Sprechen - FAMU Prag

    Ein Anlaß zum Sprechen - FAMU Prag

    1 1966 HD

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  • 2010
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    Miloš Forman

    Miloš Forman

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2018
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    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    6.5 2018 HD

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  • 1971
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    Born to Win

    Born to Win

    5.3 1971 HD

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  • 1961
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    Procesí k panence

    Procesí k panence

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1971
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    Born to Win

    Born to Win

    5.3 1971 HD

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  • 1981
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    Cutter's Way

    Cutter's Way

    6.441 1981 HD

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  • 1963
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    Až přijde kocour

    Až přijde kocour

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  • 1964
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    Konkurs

    Konkurs

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Konkurs

    Konkurs

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Konkurs

    Konkurs

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  • 1985
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    Creator

    Creator

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  • 1988
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    Haunted Summer

    Haunted Summer

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  • 1977
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    Silver Bears

    Silver Bears

    5.9 1977 HD

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  • 1966
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    Intimní osvětlení

    Intimní osvětlení

    6.6 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Intimní osvětlení

    Intimní osvětlení

    6.6 1966 HD

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  • 1965
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    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

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  • 1965
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    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    7 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    7 1965 HD

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  • 2005
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    Nomad

    Nomad

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  • 1992
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    Stalin

    Stalin

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  • 1965
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    Fádní odpoledne

    Fádní odpoledne

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  • 1966
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    Intimní osvětlení

    Intimní osvětlení

    6.6 1966 HD

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  • 1995
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    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    6.3 1995 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree

    7.4 1999 HD

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  • 1976
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    Ace Up My Sleeve

    Ace Up My Sleeve

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1967
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    Hoří, má panenko

    Hoří, má panenko

    7.049 1967 HD

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  • 1976
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    Ace Up My Sleeve

    Ace Up My Sleeve

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1974
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    Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

    4.8 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

    4.8 1974 HD

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  • 2000
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    Picnic

    Picnic

    3 2000 HD

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  • 1991
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    Fourth Story

    Fourth Story

    5.6 1991 HD

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  • 1960
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    Velká samota

    Velká samota

    7 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    Smyk

    Smyk

    3.8 1960 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    3.7 1983 HD

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  • 1994
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    While Justice Sleeps

    While Justice Sleeps

    5 1994 HD

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  • 1965
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    Fádní odpoledne

    Fádní odpoledne

    6.706 1965 HD

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  • 1964
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    Černý Petr

    Černý Petr

    6.693 1964 HD

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  • 2009
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    Zlatá šedesátá

    Zlatá šedesátá

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  • 1970
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    Zlatá šedesátá

    Zlatá šedesátá

    8.2 1970 HD

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