Ivan Passer

★ Directing #3,580

1933 - 2020 (age 86) • Directing

Born: 7/10/1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died: 1/9/2020 (age 86)

Known for: Directing

Ivan Passer

★ Directing #3,580

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).

Known For

The Firemen's Ball

71%

Screenplay

1967

Loves of a Blonde

70%

First Assistant Director

1965

Cutter's Way

65%

Director

1981

When the Cat Comes

70%

First Assistant Director

1963

Black Peter

66%

First Assistant Director

1964

Nomad: The Warrior

52%

Director

2005

Creator

61%

Director

1985

Born to Win

54%

Writer

1971

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

65%

Self

2018

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

69%

Self

2016

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

Self

2012

Miloš Forman

Self

2010

Golden Sixties

Self

2009

Nomad: The Warrior

52%

Director

2005

Picnic

53%

Director

2000

The Wishing Tree

75%

Director

1999

Kidnapped

63%

Director

1995

While Justice Sleeps

65%

Director

1994

Stalin

53%

Director

1992

Fourth Story

54%

Director

1991

Haunted Summer

52%

Director

1988

Creator

61%

Director

1985

The Nightingale

53%

Director

1983

Faerie Tale Theatre

81%

Director

1982

Cutter's Way

65%

Director

1981

Silver Bears

61%

Director

1977

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

63%

Self

1976

Crime and Passion

70%

Adaptation

1976

Crime and Passion

70%

Director

1976

Law and Disorder

50%

Director

1974

Law and Disorder

50%

Screenplay

1974

Born to Win

54%

Writer

1971

Born to Win

54%

Director

1971

The Firemen's Ball

71%

Screenplay

1967

An Occasion to Speak

Self

1966

Loves of a Blonde

70%

First Assistant Director

1965