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Joris Ivens

Joris Ivens

Director · 1898–1989 · Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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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.

Directed 47

1980s

  1. 1989

    A Tale of the Wind

    Director

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Uyghurs

    Director

  2. The Kazakhs

    Director

  3. 1976

    The Football Incident

    Director

  4. How Yukong Moved the Mountains

    Director

  5. The Pharmacy: Shanghai

    Director

  6. Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes

    Director

  7. 1970

    The People and Their Guns

    Director

  8. Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    Director

1960s

  1. 1968

    The 17th Parallel

    Director

  2. 1967

    Far from Vietnam

    Director

  3. 1966

    The Threatening Sky

    Director

  4. The Mistral

    Director

  5. Rotterdam-Europoort

    Director

  6. 1964

    Valparaiso

    Director

  7. 1963

    The Small Tent

    Director

  8. 1961

    Cuba, a People Armed

    Director

  9. Carnet de viaje

    Director

  10. 1960

    Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    Director

  11. Demain à Nanguila

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Letters from China

    Director

  2. 1957

    The Seine Meets Paris

    Director

  3. The Wind Rose

    Director

  4. 1956

    Bold Adventure

    Director

  5. My Child

    Director

  6. 1954

    Song of the Rivers

    Director

  7. 1952

    Peace Race 1952

    Director

  8. 1951

    Friendship Triumphs

    Director

  9. Peace Will Win

    Director

1940s

  1. 1946

    Indonesia Calling

    Director

  2. 1945

    Know Your Enemy: Japan

    Co-Director

  3. 1943

    Action Stations

    Director

  4. Corvette Port Arthur

    Director

  5. 1942

    Our Russian Front

    Director

  6. 1940

    Power and the Land

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    The 400 Million

    Director

  2. 1937

    The Spanish Earth

    Director

    69
  3. 1934

    Borinage

    Director

  4. 1933

    New Earth

    Director

  5. 1931

    Philips-Radio

    Director

  6. 1930

    Zuiderzeewerken

    Director

  7. We Are Building

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    Rain

    Director

  2. Branding

    Director

  3. 1928

    The Bridge

    Director

  4. Movement Studies in Paris

    Director

1910s

  1. 1912

    The Flaming Arrow

    Director

Wrote 25

1980s

  1. 1989

    A Tale of the Wind

    Screenplay, Dialogue

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Kazakhs

    Writer

  2. The Uyghurs

    Writer

  3. 1970

    The People and Their Guns

    Writer

  4. Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1968

    The 17th Parallel

    Writer

  2. 1966

    The Mistral

    Scenario Writer

  3. Rotterdam-Europoort

    Writer

  4. 1961

    Cuba, a People Armed

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1958

    Letters from China

    Writer

  2. 1957

    The Seine Meets Paris

    Writer

  3. 1954

    Song of the Rivers

    Writer

  4. 1951

    Peace Will Win

    Writer

1940s

  1. 1946

    Indonesia Calling

    Writer

  2. 1940

    Power and the Land

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1939

    The 400 Million

    Writer

  2. 1937

    The Spanish Earth

    Writer

    69
  3. 1936

    The Struggle

    Screenplay

  4. 1934

    Borinage

    Writer

  5. 1933

    New Earth

    Writer

  6. 1931

    Philips-Radio

    Writer

  7. 1930

    Zuiderzeewerken

    Writer

  8. We Are Building

    Scenario Writer

1920s

  1. 1929

    Rain

    Writer

1910s

  1. 1912

    The Flaming Arrow

    Scenario Writer

Edited 9

1970s

  1. 1976

    How Yukong Moved the Mountains

    Editor

  2. 1970

    Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1960

    Italy Is Not a Poor Country

    Editor

1950s

  1. 1954

    Song of the Rivers

    Editorial Coordinator

1940s

  1. 1946

    Indonesia Calling

    Editor

1930s

  1. 1930

    We Are Building

    Editor

1920s

  1. 1929

    Rain

    Editor

  2. 1928

    The Bridge

    Editor

  3. Movement Studies in Paris

    Editor

Acted in 6

1980s

  1. 1986

    Havre

    le docteur Digitalis

1970s

  1. 1970

    The People and Their Guns

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1966

    The Threatening Sky

    Interviewer

  2. 1965

    Aah... Tamara

    Movie

1930s

  1. 1933

    New Earth

    Movie

1910s

  1. 1912

    The Flaming Arrow

    Flaming Arrow

Camera 6

1930s

  1. 1939

    The 400 Million

    Director of Photography

  2. 1934

    Borinage

    Director of Photography

  3. 1933

    New Earth

    Camera Operator

  4. 1930

    Zuiderzeewerken

    Director of Photography

  5. We Are Building

    Camera Operator

1920s

  1. 1929

    Rain

    Director of Photography

Other crew 3

1920s

  1. 1929

    Branding

    Cinematography

  2. 1928

    The Bridge

    Cinematography

  3. Movement Studies in Paris

    Cinematography

Produced 1

1950s

  1. 1957

    The Wind Rose

    Producer

Appearances7

2010s

  1. 2010

    Memória Cubana

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1989

    A Tale of the Wind

    Self

1960s

  1. 1966

    World Without a Game

    Self

  2. 1964

    Skoop

    Self

No release date

  1. Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

1960s

  1. 1962

    To Arms, We Are Fascists!

    Thanks