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
- Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930 ... (Director)
- Memória Cubana as Self (archive footage)
1989
- A Tale of the Wind as Self
1986
- Havre as le docteur Digitalis
1980
1977
- The Kazakhs ... (Director)
- The Uyghurs ... (Director)
1976
- The Football Incident ... (Director)
- How Yukong Moved the Mountains ... (Editor)
- Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes ... (Director)
- The Pharmacy: Shanghai ... (Director)
1975
- Midi Première as Self
1973
- Grierson as Self
1970
- The People and Their Guns
- Hommage à Ho Chi Minh ... (Director)
- Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh ... (Director)
1969
- Some Evidence ... (Director)
1968
- The 17th Parallel ... (Director)
1967
- Far from Vietnam ... (Director)
1966
- World Without a Game as Self
- Rotterdam-Europoort ... (Director)
- The Threatening Sky as Interviewer
- The Mistral ... (Director)
1965
1964
- Valparaiso ... (Director)
- Le train de la victoire ... (Director)
- Skoop as Self
1963
- The Small Tent ... (Director)
1962
- To Arms, We Are Fascists! ... (Thanks)
1961
- Cuba, a People Armed ... (Director)
- Pueblo en armas ... (Director)
- Carnet de viaje ... (Director)
1960
- Italy Is Not a Poor Country ... (Director)
- Demain à Nanguila ... (Director)
1958
- Letters from China ... (Writer)
1957
- The Seine Meets Paris ... (Director)
- The Wind Rose ... (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
- Song of Heroes ... (Director)
- Creosote ... (Scenario Writer)
1931
- Philips-Radio ... (Director)
1930
- We Are Building ... (Editor)
- Zuiderzeewerken ... (Director)
1928
- Movement Studies in Paris ... (Director)
- The Bridge ... (Director)
1912
- The Flaming Arrow as Flaming Arrow