Ivan Passer

Overview

Nomad in his directorial and human destiny. His father, farmer, was expropriated by the communist regime, he himself was repeatedly thrown from studies, finally, after years of studies also thrown from FAMU. He walked along the path of learning from practical experiences of other producers, he participated in all Czech films of Miloš Forman. Home alone he produced only one full-length film, but it was a cinematographic gem: nostalgic episode of lost illusions Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení, 1965). Since leaving into exile in 1969 he made the next fifteen films in the U.S. for cinema and television. And as the creator in the commercial film production he continued to base his work on his human and artistic principles. He transferred to film-screen stories of social outsiders, outstanding personalities and criminals (Stalin, 1992) always in the background watching the problem of human freedom.