Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 18, 1898
Died
Jun 28, 1989
Place of Birth
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Credits
68 titles
Joris Ivens
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
Filmography
Memória Cubana
Self (archive footage)
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
A Tale of the Wind
Self
Havre
le docteur Digitalis
Ciné-mafia
The Uyghurs
Director
The Kazakhs
Director
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
Director
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Editor
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
The Football Incident
Director
Midi Première
Self
Grierson
Self
The People and Their Guns
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
Director
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director
Some Evidence
Director
The 17th Parallel
Director
Far from Vietnam
Director
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
The Mistral
Director
World Without a Game
Self
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director
Aah... Tamara
Valparaiso
Director
Le train de la victoire
Director
Skoop
Self
The Small Tent
Director
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Thanks
Cuba, a People Armed
Director
Pueblo en armas
Director
Carnet de viaje
Director
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director
Demain à Nanguila
Director
Letters from China
Director
The Seine Meets Paris
Director
The Wind Rose
Director
Bold Adventure
Director
My Child
Director
Song of the Rivers
Director
Peace Race 1952
Director
Friendship Triumphs
Director
Peace Will Win
Director
The First Years
Director
Polsko
Director
Indonesia Calling
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
Action Stations
Director
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
Our Russian Front
Director