FILM DIRECTOR

Ivan Passer

1933 - 2020

Photo of Ivan Passer

Icon of person Ivan Passer

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Passer is the 743rd most popular film director (up from 753rd in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 475th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ivan Passer by language

Loading...

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ivan Passer ranks 743 out of 2,041. Before him are Gavin O'Connor, Jaromil Jireš, B. R. Chopra, Mario Salieri, Pierre Schoendoerffer, and Tran Anh Hung. After him are Elmar Klos, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Jack Arnold, Peter Stein, Phillip Noyce, and Clyde Geronimi.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ivan Passer ranks 261. Before him are Ela Bhatt, Gene Kranz, Elly Ameling, Evaristo de Macedo, Ilya Kabakov, and Doyle Brunson. After him are Gloria Foster, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Carol Burnett, Máté Fenyvesi, Dom DeLuise, and Sinn Sisamouth. Among people deceased in 2020, Ivan Passer ranks 319. Before him are Barry Hulshoff, John Shrapnel, Shere Hite, János Göröcs, Henri Richard, and Wolfgang Hofmann. After him are Tony Allen, Milka Babović, Clayton Christensen, Ljiljana Petrović, Sergio Rossi, and Wojciech Pszoniak.

Others Born in 1933

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2020

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ivan Passer ranks 479 out of 1,200. Before him are Ralph Benatzky (1884), Herbert Feigl (1902), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Zdeněk Svěrák (1936), Ernst Tugendhat (1930), and Vaclav Smil (1943). After him are Elmar Klos (1910), Olga Fikotová (1932), Eduard Čech (1893), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), and František Vláčil (1924).

Others born in Czechia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Ivan Passer ranks 15. Before him are Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), František Čáp (1913), Jan Němec (1936), and Karel Lamač (1897). After him are Elmar Klos (1910), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), František Vláčil (1924), Harun Farocki (1944), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), and Gustav Machatý (1901).

Czech born Film Directors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous