Joris Ivens
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-11-18
Day of Death
1989-06-28 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Joris Ivens
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.
Known For
Acting
(2010)
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
(1989)
A Tale of the Wind
as Self
(1986)
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
(1980)
(1970)
(1966)
World Without a Game
as Himself
(1966)
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer
(1965)
(1933)
(1912)
The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming Arrow
Crew
Piling
Director
(2010)
(1989)
A Tale of the Wind
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
(1977)
The Uyghurs
Director
(1977)
The Kazakhs
Director, Writer
(1976)
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Editor, Director
(1976)
The Football Incident
Director
(1976)
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
(1970)
The People and Their Guns
Director, Writer
(1969)
Some Evidence
Director
(1968)
The 17th Parallel
Director, Writer
(1967)
Far from Vietnam
Director
(1966)
The Mistral
Director, Scenario Writer
(1966)
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director, Writer
(1966)
The Threatening Sky
Director
(1964)
Valparaiso
Director
(1964)
Le train de la victoire
Director
(1963)
The Small Tent
Director
(1962)
(1961)
Pueblo en armas
Director, Writer
(1961)
Cuba, a People Armed
Director
(1960)
Demain à Nanguila
Director
(1960)
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director, Editor
(1958)
Letters from China
Director, Writer
(1957)
The Seine Meets Paris
Director, Writer
(1957)
The Wind Rose
Director, Producer
(1956)
Bold Adventure
Director
(1956)
Mein Kind
Director
(1954)
Song of the Rivers
Director, Writer, Editorial Coordinator
(1952)
Peace Race 1952
Director
(1951)
Peace Will Win
Director, Writer
(1951)
Friendship Triumphs
Director
(1950)
The First Years
Director, Editor
(1949)
Polsko
Director
(1946)
Indonesia Calling
Director, Writer, Editor
(1945)
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
(1943)
Action Stations
Director
(1943)
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
(1942)
Our Russian Front
Director
(1940)
Power and the Land
Director, Writer
(1939)
The 400 Million
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1937)
The Spanish Earth
Director, Writer
(1936)
Der Kampf
Screenplay
(1934)
Borinage
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1933)
New Earth
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
(1932)
Creosote
Director, Editor, Scenario Writer, Camera Operator
(1932)
Song of Heroes
Director, Editor
(1931)
Philips-Radio
Director, Writer
(1930)
We Are Building
Editor, Director, Scenario Writer, Camera Operator
(1930)
Zuiderzee works
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(1929)
Rain
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
(1929)
Branding
Director, Cinematography
(1928)
The Bridge
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(1928)
Movement Studies in Paris
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(1912)
The Flaming Arrow
Director, Scenario Writer