As Ivan Passer told it, it was by a stroke of chance and act of friendship that he became a film director. It was 1964 in Czechoslovakia, and Passer was making a name writing screenplays. A friend, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Passer, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave who with Milos Forman fled Soviet-controlled Prague and ...

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, at his home in Reno, NV. Born July 10, ...

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

Has it been 35 years since film director Ivan Passer, who died Jan. 9, explained to me why horror movies will never stop getting financed and distributed? “They don’t give their producers any ...

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 ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Ivan Passer, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave who with Milos Forman fled Soviet-controlled Prague and forged a celebrated career in Hollywood, has died. He was 86. 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 ...

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 ...

Ivan Passer, a leading figure of the Czech new wave who directed films including “Cutter’s Way,” died Thursday of pulmonary complications in Reno, Nevada, an associate of the family confirmed. He was ...