Joris Ivens
DirectingThe 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 — Acting
A Tale of the Wind
Self
Havre
le docteur Digitalis
World Without a Game
Himself
Memória Cubana
Self (archive footage)
Grierson
Self
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
New Earth
Aah... Tamara
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
Self
Ciné-mafia
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
The Flaming Arrow
Flaming Arrow
The People and Their Guns
Filmography — Crew
Far from Vietnam
Director
Valparaiso
Director
The 400 Million
Director
A Tale of the Wind
Director
Der Kampf
Screenplay
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director
Friendship Triumphs
Director
The Spanish Earth
Writer
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Director
The Threatening Sky
Director
Bold Adventure
Director
Song of Heroes
Director
Our Russian Front
Director
Song of the Rivers
Writer
Borinage
Director
New Earth
Director
Zuiderzeewerken
Director
Indonesia Calling
Director
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director
Branding
Director
My Child
Director
Rain
Director
We Are Building
Director
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Director
Letters from China
Writer
The Kazakhs
Director
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
The Wind Rose
Director
The Small Tent
Director
The 17th Parallel
Director
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
Director
The Mistral
Director
Philips-Radio
Director
The Seine Meets Paris
Director
Polsko
Director
The Uyghurs
Director
Demain à Nanguila
Director
Power and the Land
Director
The Bridge
Director
Action Stations
Director
Peace Will Win
Director
The Flaming Arrow
Director
Pueblo en armas
Writer
Piling
Director
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
Creosote
Director
Some Evidence
Director
Movement Studies in Paris
Director
The Football Incident
Director
Peace Race 1952
Director
Cuba, a People Armed
Director
The People and Their Guns
Director
Le train de la victoire
Director
The First Years
Director