Joris Ivens
Directing
Born November 18, 1898 · 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.
Directed (54)
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010
A Tale of the Wind
1989
The Uyghurs
1977
The Kazakhs
1977
The Football Incident
1976
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976
The People and Their Guns
1970
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970
Some Evidence
1969
The 17th Parallel
1968
Far from Vietnam
1967
The Threatening Sky
1966
The Mistral
1966
Rotterdam-Europoort
1966
Valparaiso
1964
Le train de la victoire
1964
The Small Tent
1963
Pueblo en armas
1961
Cuba, a People Armed
1961
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1960
Demain à Nanguila
1960
Letters from China
1958
The Seine Meets Paris
1957
The Wind Rose
1957
Bold Adventure
1956
My Child
1956
Song of the Rivers
1954
Peace Race 1952
1952
Friendship Triumphs
1951
Peace Will Win
1951
The First Years
1950
Polsko
1949
Indonesia Calling
1946
Action Stations
1943
Corvette Port Arthur
1943
Our Russian Front
1942
Power and the Land
1940
The 400 Million
1939
The Spanish Earth
1937
Borinage
1934
New Earth
1933
Song of Heroes
1932
Creosote
1932
Philips-Radio
1931
Zuiderzeewerken
1930
We Are Building
1930
Rain
1929
Branding
1929
The Bridge
1928
Movement Studies in Paris
1928
The Flaming Arrow
1912
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