---
name: "Ivan Král"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ivan-kral"
fi1m_id: "ivan-kral"
imdb_id: "nm0469380"
tmdb_id: 1419789
wikidata_id: "Q3046138"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 May 1948"
died: "2 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:31.527974+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ivan Král

## Identity

Ivan Král

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ivan-kral
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ivan-kral
- **IMDb ID:** nm0469380
- **TMDB ID:** 1419789
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3046138
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3046138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419789

Composer. Born 12 May 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Died 2 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 May 1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia
- **Died:** 2 February 2020
- **Also known as:** Ivan Kral
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3046138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419789

## Biography

Ivan Král (12 May 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, guitarist, bassist and singer-songwriter. Born in Prague, he moved to the United States in 1966. He composed the score, with Bruce Brody, for the 1982 film *Diner* directed by Barry Levinson, and wrote music for underground films including *Unmade Beds* (1976), *The Foreigner* (1978) and *Subway Riders* (1981).

Král was a member of the Patti Smith Group in the 1970s, co-writing songs such as "Dancing Barefoot". He also worked with Iggy Pop and documented the early New York punk scene as a filmmaker, compiling footage into *The Blank Generation* (1976) with Amos Poe. Later in his career he returned to the Czech Republic, where he produced and recorded solo albums.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Diner* (1982), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/diner.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bardi* (2024), Music
- *Empire II* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Cabriolet* (2001), as Original Music Composer
- *Cosy Dens* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Modré z neba* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Mňága – Happy End* (1996), as Ivan Král
- *Amerika* (1994), Musician
- *Diner* (1982), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/diner.md)
- *Subway Riders* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Foreigner* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Blank Generation* (1976), Editor, Director, Producer
- *Unmade Beds* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Night Lunch* (1975), Director

## Gallery

- ![Ivan Král](https://film.one/media/person/117850/gallery-a74072cfca4a.jpg) Ivan Král — Klaus Hiltscher, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ival_Kral_1978.jpg/1280px-Ival_Kral_1978.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ivan Kral (left), Vladimír Hanzel (center) and Jitka Severová among mourning guests on Václav Havel funeral (Prague Castle, 23rd Dec., 2011)](https://film.one/media/person/117850/gallery-3395f5680cc5.jpg) Ivan Kral (left), Vladimír Hanzel (center) and Jitka Severová among mourning guests on Václav Havel funeral (Prague Castle, 23rd Dec., 2011) — David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ivan_Kral_Vladim%C3%ADr_Hanzel.jpg/1280px-Ivan_Kral_Vladim%C3%ADr_Hanzel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![!976, The Blank Generation in Toronto. (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/117850/gallery-347858e95b61.jpg) !976, The Blank Generation in Toronto. (2020) — Amospoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/TBG_at_the_New_Yorker..jpg/1280px-TBG_at_the_New_Yorker..jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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