Person
Joris Ivens
Directing · 1898–1989 · Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Biography
The filmmaker Joris Ivens was the son of C.A.P. Ivens, owner of the CAPI photography shop in Nijmegen. With the help of his father’s employees, in the 1910s the young Joris Ivens made the short film De wigwam, with roles for his parents, brothers, and sisters. Ivens studied economics and photography. From the end of the 1920s, he was one of the vital figures in the world of Dutch avant-garde film. As a technical consultant, he was involved with the Filmliga, and made important avant-garde films like De brug and Regen. He also founded the film company Studio Joris Ivens, where young, enthusiastic filmmakers could find a home. The Studio was the cradle of experimental film in the early 1930s. Ivens developed into a political filmmaker, and with films like Borinage, Spanish Earth, and Indonesia Calling!, he grew into a leading documentary filmmaker.
Known for
Midi Première
Self
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
Song of the Rivers
Director
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
Director
Demain à Nanguila
Director
Indonesia Calling
Director
The Kazakhs
Director
Valparaiso
Director
Skoop
Self
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
Filmography
- 2010Memória CubanaSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
- 1989A Tale of the WindSelf
- 1986Havrele docteur Digitalis
- 1980Ciné-mafia
- 1977The UyghursDirector
- 1977The KazakhsDirector
- 1976How Yukong Moved the MountainsEditor
- 1976The Football IncidentDirector
- 1976The Pharmacy: ShanghaiDirector
- 1976Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnesDirector
- 1975Midi PremièreSelf
- 1973GriersonSelf
- 1970The People and Their Guns
- 1970Meeting with President Ho Chi MinhDirector
- 1970Hommage à Ho Chi MinhDirector
- 1969Some EvidenceDirector
- 1968The 17th ParallelDirector
- 1967Far from VietnamDirector
- 1966The Threatening SkyInterviewer
- 1966The MistralDirector
- 1966World Without a GameSelf
- 1966Rotterdam-EuropoortDirector
- 1965Aah... Tamara
- 1964ValparaisoDirector
- 1964Le train de la victoireDirector
- 1964SkoopSelf
- 1963The Small TentDirector
- 1962To Arms, We Are Fascists!Thanks
- 1961Pueblo en armasDirector
- 1961Cuba, a People ArmedDirector
- 1961Carnet de viajeDirector
- 1960Italy Is Not a Poor CountryDirector
- 1960Demain à NanguilaDirector
- 1958Letters from ChinaWriter
- 1957The Seine Meets ParisDirector
- 1957The Wind RoseDirector
- 1956Bold AdventureDirector
- 1956My ChildDirector
- 1954Song of the RiversDirector
- 1952Peace Race 1952Director
- 1951Friendship TriumphsDirector
- 1951Peace Will WinDirector
- 1950The First YearsDirector
- 1949PolskoDirector
- 1946Indonesia CallingDirector
- 1945Know Your Enemy: JapanCo-Director
- 1943Action StationsDirector
- 1943Corvette Port ArthurDirector
- 1942Our Russian FrontDirector
- 1940Power and the LandDirector
- 1939The 400 MillionDirector
- 1937The Spanish EarthDirector
- 1936The StruggleScreenplay
- 1934BorinageDirector
- 1933New Earth
- 1932Song of HeroesDirector
- 1932CreosoteScenario Writer
- 1931Philips-RadioDirector
- 1930ZuiderzeewerkenDirector
- 1930We Are BuildingEditor
- 1929RainDirector
- 1929BrandingDirector
- 1929PilingDirector
- 1928The BridgeDirector
- 1928Movement Studies in ParisDirector
- 1912The Flaming ArrowFlaming Arrow
- —Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un FilmeurSelf
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