Directing
Joris Ivens
FR, PT, NL, EN cinema · 66 credits
Born
18 November 1898
Died
28 June 1989 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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.
Known for
Filmography
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
A Tale of the Wind
as Self, Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
The Uyghurs
Director, Writer
The Kazakhs
Director, Writer
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Editor, Director
Grierson
as Self
The People and Their Guns
Actor, Director, Writer
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director, Writer, Editor
The 17th Parallel
Director, Writer
Far from Vietnam
Director
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer, Director
The Mistral
Director, Scenario Writer
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director, Writer
Skoop
as Self
Valparaiso
Director
The Small Tent
Director
Pueblo en armas
1961
Pueblo en armas
Director, Writer
Cuba, a People Armed
Director, Writer
Demain à Nanguila
Director
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director, Editor
Letters from China
Writer, Director
The Seine Meets Paris
Director, Writer
The Wind Rose
Director, Producer
Bold Adventure
Director
My Child
Director
Song of the Rivers
Director, Writer, Editorial Coordinator
Peace Race 1952
Director
Peace Will Win
Director, Writer
Friendship Triumphs
Director
Prvá léta
1949
The First Years
Director, Editor
Indonesia Calling
Director, Editor, Writer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
Action Stations
Director
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
Our Russian Front
Director
Power and the Land
Director, Writer
The 400 Million
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Spanish Earth
Director, Writer
The Struggle
Screenplay
Borinage
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
New Earth
Actor, Writer, Director, Camera Operator
Creosoot
1932
Creosote
Scenario Writer, Editor, Director, Camera Operator
Комсомол
1932
Song of Heroes
Director, Editor
Philips-Radio
Director, Writer
We Are Building
Editor, Scenario Writer, Director, Camera Operator
Zuiderzeewerken
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Rain
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Branding
Director, Cinematography
The Bridge
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Movement Studies in Paris
Director, Editor, Cinematography
The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming Arrow, Director, Scenario Writer