Entertainment Weekly Ivan Passer (2025)

1. Ivan Passer, Director of 'Cutter's Way,' Dies at 86

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  • Ivan Passer, a leading figure of the Czech new wave who directed films including "Cutter's Way," has died at 86.

Ivan Passer, Director of 'Cutter's Way,' Dies at 86

2. Still Free: An Interview with Ivan Passer - Film Comment

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  • On the occasion of the restoration of his debut Intimate Lighting, the Czech director reflects on his days in New Hollywood

Still Free: An Interview with Ivan Passer - Film Comment

3. Ivan Passer obituary | Movies | The Guardian

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  • Director who was part of the ‘Czech film miracle’ in the 1960s but made his masterpieces in Hollywood

Ivan Passer obituary | Movies | The Guardian

4. Milos Forman, Ivan Passer and their 73-year friendship

Milos Forman, Ivan Passer and their 73-year friendship

5. Ivan Passer: An Appreciation of a Haunted Dreamer - Variety

  • Jan 10, 2020 · Has it been 35 years since film director Ivan Passer, who died Jan. 9, explained why horror movies will never stop getting financed?

  • Has it been 35 years since film director Ivan Passer, who died Jan. 9, explained why horror movies will never stop getting financed?

Ivan Passer: An Appreciation of a Haunted Dreamer - Variety

6. Czech new wave director Ivan Passer dies aged 86 | Movies | The Guardian

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  • Passer was a key figure in the Czech new wave before moving to the US, where his best known film was the cult thriller Cutter’s Way

Czech new wave director Ivan Passer dies aged 86 | Movies | The Guardian

7. Behind the story: Learning the truth about director Milos Forman's ...

Behind the story: Learning the truth about director Milos Forman's ...

8. Czech-Born Director Ivan Passer Dies at 86 - The Hollywood Reporter

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  • Czech-born director Ivan Passer, known for the U.S. cult thriller 'Cutter’s Way,' died Thursday in Reno, Nev. He was 86.

Czech-Born Director Ivan Passer Dies at 86 - The Hollywood Reporter

9. Ivan Passer, Czech New Wave Pioneer and 'Cutter's Way' Director ...

  • Jan 10, 2020 · Ivan Passer, a pioneering filmmaker in the Czech New Wave, a frequent collaborator with the late Milos Forman and the director of the 1981 ...

  • Ivan Passer, a pioneering filmmaker in the Czech New Wave, a frequent collaborator with the late Milos Forman and the director of the 1981 film “Cutter’s Way,” has died. He was 86.A friend of the family, Amina Johns, told the Associated Press (via The Washington Post) that Passer died Thursday in Reno, Nevada. Rodney Sumpter, an attorney for Passer, said the director had been dealing with pulmonary issues.Passer got his start in filmmaking as a co-writer on some of Forman’s films in the ’60s, and he directed his first feature “Intimate Lighting” in 1965. He and Forman were students along with Václav Havel and Jerzy Skolimowski at a boarding school in Prague after WWII. They would later escape Prague to Hollywood just as Russian tanks began invading the region in 1969.Also Read: Edd Byrnes, 'Grease' and '77 Sunset Strip' Star, Dies at 87Ivan Passer (left) and Milos Forman at an Academy salute to Forman in 2004. (Photo by Giulio Marcocchi/Getty Images)Once in America, Passer directed several English language films and got the chance to work with some of the business’ top stars. He’s perhaps best known for the crime and noir film “Cutter’s Way” from 1981, which starred John Heard and Jeff Bridges in a story about a man who witnesses a friend dumping a dead body and suspects the killer to be one of his friends.He’d also direct Michael Caine and Cybill Shepherd in “Silver Bears,” Omar Sharif and Karen Black in “Crime and Passion” and Carroll O’Connor and Ernest Borgnine in “Law an...

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10. Director Ivan Passer Shares His Stories - Chapman Blogs

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  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Pavel Jech, our film division chair, recently had the opportunity to spend some time with someone whose work he has admired for quite some time. Moving to Southern California has meant meeting some Czech people that I normally did not see very often in Prague. Recently I attended an “intimate event” with the

Director Ivan Passer Shares His Stories - Chapman Blogs

11. Ivan Passer Obituary - The Reno Journal-Gazette and Mason Valley ...

  • Reno - A Director who was part of the 'Czech film miracle' in the 1960s but made his masterpieces in Hollywood, Ivan Passer, 86, passed away on January 9, 2020, ...

  • Ivan Passer Reno - A Director who was part of the 'Czech film miracle' in the 1960s but made his masterpieces in Hollywood, Ivan Passer, 86, passed...

Ivan Passer Obituary - The Reno Journal-Gazette and Mason Valley ...

12. Ivan Passer Dies: 'Cutter's Way' & 'Stalin' Director Was 86 - Deadline

  • Jan 10, 2020 · Ivan Passer died after a 40-year career in film and television and a spell teaching at USC School of Cinema-Television.

  • Ivan Passer died after a 40-year career in film and television and a spell teaching at USC School of Cinema-Television.

Ivan Passer Dies: 'Cutter's Way' & 'Stalin' Director Was 86 - Deadline

13. Ivan the Bearable [Interview with Ivan Passer about CUTTER'S WAY]

  • Oct 7, 2023 · A very likeable guy, this Ivan Passer. When he tells a story, he knows just how to pace it out dramatically, in filmic terms — a trait he shares ...

  • In celebration of Cutter’s Way, which Twilight Time brought out on Blu-Ray, and the wonderful Ivan Passer (1933-2020).  This interview appeared in The Soho News, July 15, 1981, and was recently reprinted in my 2018 book Cinematic Encounters: Interviews and Dialogues. — J.R.

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