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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