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Ivan Govar, pseudonym of Yvan Govaerts, was born in Uccle in 1935. Already from his first works in the world of cinema he proved to be a very talented director, so much so that he became the youngest European director of his time. Read the full biography

Ivan Govar, pseudonym of Yvan Govaerts, was born in Uccle in 1935. Already from his first works in the world of cinema he proved to be a very talented director, so much so that he became the youngest European director of his time. He made three films in Belgium before moving on to French co-productions, but the commercial failures of his works caused him many disappointments, pushing him to rethink his career several times. His last film, Two Hours to Kill, was directed by Michel Simon and Pierre Brasseur, but unfortunately this too was unsuccessful on the market. In 1958, Govar married the actress and former Miss France Irène Tunc, but his wife's infidelities caused him to fall into a state of deep depression, so much so that he attempted suicide. The two eventually divorced in 1964 and, due to difficulties encountered in his career, Govar decided to retire from cinema permanently in 1965, at the age of 30. Subsequently, in 1983, he made a brief return to the world of cinema as an actor in a short film by Richard Olivier entitled The Fantastic Scorer.