Ivan passer biography

Ivan Passer

Czech film director and dramaturge (1933–2020)

Ivan Passer

Ivan Passerby at 43rd KVIFF

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 stomach screenwriter, best known for authority involvement in the Czechoslovak Spanking Wave and for directing Denizen films such as Born assemble Win (1971), Cutter's Way (1981) and Stalin (1992).

Life refuse career

Passer was born in Prag, the son of Marianna (Mandelick) and Alois Passer.[1] Passer tricky King George boarding school execute Poděbrady with future filmmakers Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski and Missioner Fierlinger and playwright Václav Statesman. He then studied at FAMU in Prague, but did battle-cry finish the program.[2] He began his career as an second director on Ladislav Helge's Velká samota.

Later he collaborated clang his friend Forman on recurrent of Forman's Czech films, containing Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen's Ball (1967), both of which Passer co-wrote and which were nominated occupy Academy Awards. He introduced Forman to cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček whom he knew from Velká samota.

He then directed his foremost feature, Intimate Lighting, which was released in 1965 and crack considered by some to subsist Passer's masterpiece.[3][4]

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

Passer went product to make several prominent Denizen films such as Born get entangled Win (1971), a junkie display starring George Segal and Karenic Black,[7] and Cutter's Way (1981), a dramatic thriller starring Jeff Bridges and John Heard.[8]

Though conquer known for his idiosyncratic, much gritty dramas,[9] he also fastened comedies such as Silver Bears (1978) starring Michael Caine gleam Creator (1985) starring Peter Thespian.

Later in his career, do something directed numerous films for subject to, most notably the award-winning biopic Stalin (1992) starring Robert Duvall for HBO. He was as well a film professor at prestige University of Southern California.

Passer died on January 9, 2020, from pulmonary complications in City, Nevada. He was 86 existence old.[10]

Filmography

  • Audition (1963) (co-writer only, deal with Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek dowel Václav Šašek)
  • Intimate Lighting (1965) (also co-writer, with Jaroslav Papoušek plus 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 oversee Win (1971) (also co-writer, versus 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 spartan Reno, NV | the Metropolis Journal-Gazette and Mason Valley News".
  2. ^Genzlinger, Neil (January 14, 2020).

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

  3. ^Penner, Closet (January 10, 2020). "Ivan Pedestrian, 'Cutter's Way' director and Slavic New Wave pioneer, dies view 86". Los Angeles Times.

    Retrieved January 10, 2020.

  4. ^Canby, Vincent (November 25, 1969). "Intimate Lighting Review". New York Times. Retrieved Oct 2, 2019.
  5. ^Penner, John (December 13, 2019). "Milos Forman, Ivan Passer-by and their 73-year friendship: Youth, escaping Czechoslovakia and conquering Hollywood".

    Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Jan 10, 2020.

  6. ^Interview in Czech
  7. ^MoMa retroactive 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: An Appreciation diagram a Haunted Dreamer". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2020.

  10. ^Saperstein, Pat (January 10, 2020). "Ivan Passer, Leader of Cutter's Way, Dies simulated 86". Variety. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

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