Ivan Passer Biography (1933-)

Born July 10, 1933, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic); immigrated to the United States, c. 1969; children: Ivan Passer, Jr. (a productionassistant).

Nationality: Czech
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer
Birth Details: July 10, 1933; Prague, Czechoslovakia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Himself, Sametova kocovina (also known as Velvet Hangover),2000
Film Work
Director
Fadni odpoledne (short film; also known as A Boring Afternoon), 1965
Intimni osvetleni (also known as Intimate Lighting), Ceskoslovensky, 1966, Altura International/Fleetwood, 1969
Born to Win (also known as Addict and Born to Lose),United Artists, 1971
Law and Disorder, Columbia, 1974
Crime and Passion (also known as An Ace up My Sleeve), American International Pictures, 1976
The Silver Bears, Columbia, 1978
Cutter's Way (also known as Cutter and Bone), United Artists, 1981
Creator, Universal, 1985
Haunted Summer, Cannon, 1989
The Colors of Love, 1992
Pretty Hattie's Baby, Cacti Films, 1992
Assistant Director
Audition, 1961

Cerny Petr (also known as Black Peter and Peter and Pavla), 1963
Lasky jedne plavovlasky (also known as A Blonde in Love andLoves of a Blonde), Ceskoslovensky, 1965, Prominent/CBK Film Enterprises, 1966
Television Work
Director; Miniseries
Kidnapped, HBO, 1995
Director; Movies
Fourth Story (also known as Basic Deception and Deadly Identity), Showtime, 1991
Stalin, HBO, 1992
(As Alan Smithee) While Justice Sleeps (also known as For the Love of My Daughter), NBC, 1994
Picnic, CBS, 2000
Director; Specials
The Wishing Tree, Showtime, 1999
Director; Episodic
Directed an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, Showtime.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Milos Forman) Cerny Petr (also known as Black Peter and Peter and Pavla), 1963
Kdyby ty muzik y nebyly (also known as The Glory of the Brass Bands, If It Weren't for Music, If There Were No Music, andWhy Do We Need All the Brass Bands?), 1963
(With Forman) Konkurs (also known as Competition and Talent Competition), Ceskoslovensky, 1964, Brandon, 1968
(With others) Fadni odpoledne (also known as A Boring Afternoon), 1965
(With Jaroslav Papousek, Forman, and Vaclav Sasek) Lasky jedne plavovlasky (also known as A Blonde in Love and Loves of a Blonde), Ceskoslovensky, 1965, Prominent/CBK Film Enterprises, 1966
(With Papousek and Sasek) Intimni osvetleni (also known as Intimate Lighting), Ceskoslovensky, 1966, Altura International/Fleetwood, 1969
(With Forman and Papousek) Hori, ma panenko (also known as TheFireman's Ball, The Firemen's Ball, Like a House on Fire, Al fuoco pompieri!, and Fuoco, ragazza mia), Ceskoslovensky, 1967, Cinema V, 1968
Born to Win (also known as Addict and Born to Lose),United Artists, 1971
Law and Disorder, Columbia, 1974

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1991

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