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)
1989
- A Tale of the Wind as Self
1986
- Havre as le docteur Digitalis
1980
1977
- The Kazakhs ... (Director)
- The Uyghurs ... (Director)
1976
- Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes ... (Director)
- How Yukong Moved the Mountains ... (Editor)
- The Pharmacy: Shanghai ... (Director)
- The Football Incident ... (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
- Rotterdam-Europoort ... (Director)
- The Mistral ... (Director)
- The Threatening Sky as Interviewer
- World Without a Game as Self
1965
1964
- Valparaiso ... (Director)
- Skoop as Self
- 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)
- Carnet de viaje ... (Director)
1960
- Demain à Nanguila ... (Director)
- Italy Is Not a Poor Country ... (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
- Corvette Port Arthur ... (Director)
- Action Stations ... (Director)
1942
- Our Russian Front ... (Director)
1940
- Power and the Land ... (Director)
1939
- The 400 Million ... (Director)
1937
- The Spanish Earth ... (Director)
1936
- The Struggle ... (Screenplay)
1934
- Borinage ... (Director)
1933
1932
- Creosote ... (Director)
- Song of Heroes ... (Director)
1931
- Philips-Radio ... (Director)
1930
- Zuiderzeewerken ... (Director)
- We Are Building ... (Editor)
1928
- The Bridge ... (Director)
- Movement Studies in Paris ... (Director)
1912
- The Flaming Arrow as Flaming Arrow