Joris Ivens
Born: 1898-11-18 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Died: 1989-06-28
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2010
- Memória Cubana as Self (archive footage)
- Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930 ... (Director)
1989
- A Tale of the Wind as Self
1986
- Havre as le docteur Digitalis
1980
1977
- The Uyghurs ... (Director)
- The Kazakhs ... (Director)
1976
- How Yukong Moved the Mountains ... (Editor)
- The Football Incident ... (Director)
- Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes ... (Director)
- The Pharmacy: Shanghai ... (Director)
1975
- Midi Première as Self
1973
- Grierson as Self
1970
- Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh ... (Director)
- The People and Their Guns
- Hommage à Ho Chi Minh ... (Director)
1969
- Some Evidence ... (Director)
1968
- The 17th Parallel ... (Director)
1967
- Far from Vietnam ... (Director)
1966
- Rotterdam-Europoort ... (Director)
- The Threatening Sky as Interviewer
- The Mistral ... (Director)
- World Without a Game as Himself
1965
1964
- Valparaiso ... (Director)
- Le train de la victoire ... (Director)
1963
- The Small Tent ... (Director)
1962
- To Arms, We Are Fascists! ... (Thanks)
1961
- Pueblo en armas ... (Director)
- Cuba, a People Armed ... (Director)
1960
- Italy Is Not a Poor Country ... (Director)
- Demain à Nanguila ... (Director)
1958
- Letters from China ... (Director)
1957
- The Wind Rose ... (Director)
- The Seine Meets Paris ... (Director)
1956
- Bold Adventure ... (Director)
- My Child ... (Director)
1954
- Song of the Rivers ... (Director)
1952
- Peace Race 1952 ... (Director)
1951
- Friendship Triumphs ... (Director)
- Peace Will Win ... (Director)
1950
- The First Years ... (Director)
1949
- Polsko ... (Director)
1946
- Indonesia Calling ... (Director)
1945
- Know Your Enemy: Japan ... (Co-Director)
1943
- Action Stations ... (Director)
- Corvette Port Arthur ... (Director)
1942
- Our Russian Front ... (Director)
1940
- Power and the Land ... (Director)
1939
- The 400 Million ... (Director)
1937
- The Spanish Earth ... (Director)
1936
- Der Kampf ... (Screenplay)
1934
- Borinage ... (Director)
1933
1932
- Creosote ... (Director)
- Song of Heroes ... (Director)
1931
- Philips-Radio ... (Director)
1930
- Zuiderzee works ... (Director)
- We Are Building ... (Editor)
1928
- The Bridge ... (Director)
- Movement Studies in Paris ... (Director)
1912
- The Flaming Arrow as Flaming Arrow