Joris Ivens
Directing · Born Nov 18, 1898 · Died Jun 28, 1989 (90) · 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
Directed
A Tale of the Wind
19896.5
The Uyghurs
19776.0
The Kazakhs
19776.0
The Football Incident
19767.0
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
19767.0
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
19768.0
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
19769.0
The People and Their Guns
19709.0
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970
The 17th Parallel
19687.1
Far from Vietnam
19677.2
The Threatening Sky
19669.5
The Mistral
19667.2
Rotterdam-Europoort
19667.5
Valparaiso
19647.0
The Small Tent
19636.0
Cuba, a People Armed
19616.0
Carnet de viaje
1961
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
19609.0
Demain à Nanguila
19609.0
Letters from China
19588.0
The Seine Meets Paris
19576.9
The Wind Rose
19576.0
Bold Adventure
19565.8
My Child
195610.0
Song of the Rivers
19546.3
Peace Race 1952
19528.0
Friendship Triumphs
195110.0
Peace Will Win
19516.5
Indonesia Calling
19466.1
Action Stations
19437.0
Corvette Port Arthur
19437.0
Our Russian Front
19427.5
Power and the Land
19406.2
The 400 Million
19396.2
The Spanish Earth
19376.7
Borinage
19346.3
New Earth
19336.8
Philips-Radio
19316.6
Zuiderzeewerken
19307.0
We Are Building
1930
Rain
19297.4
Branding
19297.0
The Bridge
19286.5
Movement Studies in Paris
19285.8
The Flaming Arrow
19125.0
