About
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
Nomad: The Warrior2005 · Director
Picnic2000 · Director
The Wishing Tree1999 · Director
Kidnapped1995 · Director
While Justice Sleeps1994 · Director
Stalin1992 · Director
Fourth Story1991 · Director
Haunted Summer1988 · Director
Creator1985 · Director
The Nightingale1983 · Director
Cutter's Way1981 · Director
Silver Bears1977 · Director
Crime and Passion1976 · Adaptation, Director
Law and Disorder1974 · Director, Screenplay
Born to Win1971 · Director, Writer
The Firemen's Ball1967 · Screenplay
Loves of a Blonde1965 · First Assistant Director, Story, Screenplay
A Boring Afternoon1965 · Director, Screenplay
Intimate Lighting1965 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Black Peter1964 · First Assistant Director