- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 18, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Died
- June 28, 1989
Joris Ivens
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.
Filmography
movieMemória Cubana
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
movieEen oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
movieA Tale of the Wind
1989 · Self, Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
movieHavre
1986 · le docteur Digitalis
Ciné-mafia
movieCiné-mafia
1980
movieThe Uyghurs
1977 · Director, Writer
movieThe Kazakhs
1977 · Director, Writer
movieHow Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976 · Editor, Director
movieThe Football Incident
1976 · Director
movieThe Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976 · Director
tvComment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
1976 · Director
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieGrierson
1973 · Self
movieThe People and Their Guns
1970 · , Director, Writer
movieMeeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970 · Director, Writer, Editor
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
movieHommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970 · Director
Some Evidence
movieSome Evidence
1969 · Director
movieThe 17th Parallel
1968 · Director, Writer
movieFar from Vietnam
1967 · Director
movieThe Threatening Sky
1966 · Interviewer, Director
movieThe Mistral
1966 · Scenario Writer, Director
movieWorld Without a Game
1966 · Self
movieRotterdam-Europoort
1966 · Director, Writer
movieAah... Tamara
1965
movieValparaiso
1964 · Director
Le train de la victoire
movieLe train de la victoire
1964 · Director
movieSkoop
1964 · Self
movieThe Small Tent
1963 · Director
movieTo Arms, We Are Fascists!
1962 · Thanks
Pueblo en armas
moviePueblo en armas
1961 · Writer, Director
movieCuba, a People Armed
1961 · Director, Writer
movieCarnet de viaje
1961 · Director
movieItaly Is Not a Poor Country
1960 · Editor, Director
movieDemain à Nanguila
1960 · Director
movieLetters from China
1958 · Writer, Director
movieThe Seine Meets Paris
1957 · Director, Writer
movieThe Wind Rose
1957 · Director, Producer
movieBold Adventure
1956 · Director
movieMy Child
1956 · Director
movieSong of the Rivers
1954 · Writer, Editorial Coordinator, Director
moviePeace Race 1952
1952 · Director
movieFriendship Triumphs
1951 · Director
moviePeace Will Win
1951 · Director, Writer
The First Years
movieThe First Years
1950 · Director, Editor
Polsko
moviePolsko
1949 · Director
movieIndonesia Calling
1946 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Co-Director
movieAction Stations
1943 · Director
movieCorvette Port Arthur
1943 · Director
movieOur Russian Front
1942 · Director
moviePower and the Land
1940 · Director, Writer
movieThe 400 Million
1939 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieThe Spanish Earth
1937 · Writer, Director
movieThe Struggle
1936 · Screenplay
movieBorinage
1934 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieNew Earth
1933 · , Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Song of Heroes
movieSong of Heroes
1932 · Director, Editor
Creosote
movieCreosote
1932 · Scenario Writer, Director, Editor, Camera Operator
moviePhilips-Radio
1931 · Director, Writer
movieZuiderzeewerken
1930 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer
movieWe Are Building
1930 · Editor, Scenario Writer, Director, Camera Operator
movieRain
1929 · Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
movieBranding
1929 · Director, Cinematography
Piling
moviePiling
1929 · Director
movieThe Bridge
1928 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
movieMovement Studies in Paris
1928 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
movieThe Flaming Arrow
1912 · Flaming Arrow, Director, Scenario Writer
movieLes années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
— · Self