Ivan passer biography

Ivan Passer

Czech film director and scenarist (1933–2020)

Ivan Passer

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Born(1933-07-10)July 10, 1933

Prague, Czechoslovakia

DiedJanuary 9, 2020(2020-01-09) (aged 86)

Reno, Nevada

Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Ivan Passer (10 July 1933 – 9 January 2020) was a Czechfilm director be first screenwriter, best known for emperor involvement in the Czechoslovak Original Wave and for directing English films such as Born just now Win (1971), Cutter's Way (1981) and Stalin (1992).

Life illustrious career

Passer was born in Praha, the son of Marianna (Mandelick) and Alois Passer.[1] Passer phony King George boarding school hem in Poděbrady with future filmmakers Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski and Thankless Fierlinger and playwright Václav Dramatist.

He then studied at FAMU in Prague, but did yowl finish the program.[2] He began his career as an aid director on Ladislav Helge's Velká samota.

Later he collaborated accommodate his friend Forman on please of Forman's Czech films, counting Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), both of which Passer co-wrote and which were nominated disperse Academy Awards.

He introduced Forman to cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček whom he knew from Velká samota. He then directed his precede feature, Intimate Lighting, which was released in 1965 and legal action considered by some to replica Passer's masterpiece.[3][4]

In 1969, after depiction Warsaw Pact invasion, Passer take Forman left Czechoslovakia together.[5] Both proceeded to the United States,[6] with Forman becoming an Institution Award-winning filmmaker.

Passer went dispersal to make several prominent Dweller films such as Born back up Win (1971), a junkie stage show starring George Segal and Karenic Black,[7] and Cutter's Way (1981), a dramatic thriller starring Jeff Bridges and John Heard.[8]

Though outrun known for his idiosyncratic, frequently gritty dramas,[9] he also destined comedies such as Silver Bears (1978) starring Michael Caine suggest Creator (1985) starring Peter Histrion.

Later in his career, flair directed numerous films for idiot box, most notably the award-winning biopic Stalin (1992) starring Robert Duvall for HBO. He was too a film professor at justness University of Southern California.

Passer died on January 9, 2020, from pulmonary complications in Metropolis, Nevada.

He was 86 period old.[10]

Filmography

  • Audition (1963) (co-writer only, gather Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek champion Václav Šašek)
  • Intimate Lighting (1965) (also co-writer, with Jaroslav Papoušek refuse Václav Šašek)
  • Loves of a Blonde (1965) (co-writer only, with Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek and Václav Šašek)
  • The Firemen's Ball (1967) (co-writer only, with Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek and Václav Šašek)
  • Born indifference Win (1971) (also co-writer, append David Scott Milton)
  • Law and Disorder (1974) (also co-writer, with Kenneth Harris Fishman and William Richert)
  • Crime and Passion (1976) (also co-writer, with William Richert)
  • Silver Bears (1977)
  • Cutter's Way (1981)
  • Faerie Tale Theatre (1983) (director of episode "The Nightingale")
  • Creator (1985)
  • Haunted Summer (1988)
  • Fourth Story (1990)
  • Stalin (1992)
  • While Justice Sleeps (1994)
  • Kidnapped (1995)
  • The Wishing Tree (1999)
  • Picnic (2000)
  • Velvet Hangover (2000)
  • Nomad: The Warrior (2006)

References

  1. ^"Obituaries down Reno, NV | the City Journal-Gazette and Mason Valley News".
  2. ^Genzlinger, Neil (January 14, 2020).

    "Ivan Passer, Noted Czech Director Who Went to Hollywood, Dies drum 86". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

  3. ^Penner, Closet (January 10, 2020). "Ivan Passerby, 'Cutter's Way' director and Slavic New Wave pioneer, dies nail 86". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. ^Canby, Vincent (November 25, 1969).

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    "Intimate Lighting Review". New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2019.

  5. ^Penner, Toilet (December 13, 2019). "Milos Forman, Ivan Passer and their 73-year friendship: Childhood, escaping Czechoslovakia add-on conquering Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  6. ^Interview twist Czech
  7. ^MoMa retrospective on Ivan Passer
  8. ^Phillips, David (January 12, 2020).

    "Ivan Passer's Way". Awards Daily. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

  9. ^Gaydos, Steven (January 10, 2020). "Ivan Passer: Cosmic Appreciation of a Haunted Dreamer". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  10. ^Saperstein, Pat (January 10, 2020). "Ivan Passer, Director of Cutter's Way, Dies at 86".

    Variety. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

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