FILM DIRECTOR

Ivan Passer

1933 - 2020

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Passer has received more than 143,979 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ivan Passer is the 753rd most popular film director (down from 666th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 407th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Film Director.

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  • 50.95

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  • 20

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  • 5.30

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ivan Passer ranks 753 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexandre Trauner, Rajko Grlić, Allan Dwan, Henry Selick, Andrew Marton, and Mrinal Sen. After him are Erik Balling, Paul Scheuring, Stephen Daldry, Terence Fisher, Ritwik Ghatak, and Roman Karmen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ivan Passer ranks 257. Before him are Vladimir Melanin, Laura Mancinelli, Carol Burnett, Dom DeLuise, Nicolae Rainea, and Mildred McDaniel. After him are Mark Zakharov, José Faria, Petra Schürmann, Frank Gorshin, René Burri, and Zelda Rubinstein. Among people deceased in 2020, Ivan Passer ranks 286. Before him are Milka Babović, John Turner, Alfred Riedl, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Hédi Baccouche, and Tomás Balcázar. After him are Sonja Edström, Theodor Wagner, Abdurrahim El-Keib, Rafer Johnson, Saeb Erekat, and Carlo Ubbiali.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ivan Passer ranks 475 out of 1,200. Before him are Luděk Pachman (1924), Arnold Pick (1851), František Junek (1907), Zdeněk Zikán (1937), Paulina Porizkova (1965), and Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782). After him are Oldřich Duras (1882), Prince Karl of Auersperg (1814), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Václav Brožík (1851), Gustav Machatý (1901), and Miroslav Hroch (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Ivan Passer ranks 17. Before him are Elmar Klos (1910), Harun Farocki (1944), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karel Lamač (1897), Karl Freund (1890), and František Vláčil (1924). After him are Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Gustav Machatý (1901), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Jan Němec (1936), Karel Kachyňa (1924), and Oldřich Lipský (1924).

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Filmography

Loves of a Blonde
Director
Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and leaves town assuming he'll never see Andula again. But when Andula doesn't hear from him, she packs up and heads to Prague, to the surprise of Milda and his parents.
Nov 12th 19657.003 / 10
Cutter's Way
Director
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Mar 19th 19816.444 / 10
Black Peter
Director
A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.
Apr 17th 19646.705 / 10