What is Ivan Passer?
[[File:Ivan Passer.jpg|thumb|Ivan Passer at 43rd [[KVIFF]]]] '''Ivan Passer''' (10 July 1933 – 9 January 2020) was a Czech-American movie director and screenwriter. He was born in [[Prague]]. He studied with [[Miloš Forman]], [[Václav Havel]] and [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]. He directed his first feature, ''[[Intimate Lighting]]'', which was released in 1965. Passer died on January 9, 2020 in [[Reno, Nevada]] of problems caused by [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news|last=Saperstein|first=Pat|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ivan-passer-dead-dies-cutters-way-1203462725/|title=Ivan Passer, Director of ''Cutter's Way,'' Dies at 86|work=Variety|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0664852|name=Ivan Passer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Passer, Ivan}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from COPD]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:Writers from Prague]] {{bio-stub}}