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Czech film director (1933–2020)

Film & TV

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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…

Known for

  • CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel — Self2018
  • Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond — Self2016
  • The Presence of Arnošt Lustig — Self2012
  • Miloš Forman — Self2010
  • Golden Sixties — Self2009
  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars — Self1976
  • An Occasion to Speak — Self1966

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ivan
Gender
male
Citizenship
Czechoslovakia
Place of birth
Prague
Place of death
Reno
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
film direction
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date of birth
1933-07-10
Commons category
Ivan Passer
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
date of death
2020-01-09
cause of death
pneumonia
manner of death
natural causes
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