Ivan Passer

Also Credited As:

Alan Smithee
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Biography

Passer's subsequent output displayed a Forman-like ability to capture the absurdity of everyday life and--as evinced by his highly-regarded first feature, "Intimate Lighting" (1965)--a sure feel for the uses of music in film. Following the Soviet invasion in 1968, Passer moved first to Western Europe, at the invitation of Carlo Ponti, and then to the US. He has made a number of modest, quirky films, the most successful of which, "Cutter's Way" …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Writer, Production Management

Born

July 10, 1933

LATEST CREDITS

Sametova Kocovina

Himself

Haunted Summer

Director

Cutter's Way

Director

The Wishing Tree

Director

Creator

Director

Law and Disorder

Director, Screenplay

Born to Win

Director, Screenplay

Intimate Lighting

Director, Screenplay

Silver Bears

Director

While Justice Sleeps

Director

The Colors of Love

Director

Stalin

Director

Picnic

Director

Crime and Passion

Director

Fourth Story

Director

Nomad

Director

The Firemen's Ball

Screenplay

Loves of a Blonde

Screenplay, Assistant Director