Joris Ivens

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1898-11-18

Deathday 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

Director

Pueblo en armas

as Director

1989
A Tale of the Wind

as Director

1983
Borinage

as Director

1977
The Uyghurs

as Director

1977
The Kazakhs

as Director

1976
1976
1969
Some Evidence

as Director

1968
The 17th Parallel

as Director

1967
Far from Vietnam

as Director

1966
The Mistral

as Director

1966
1966
1964
Valparaiso

as Director

1964
1963
The Small Tent

as Director

1961
1960
Demain à Nanguila

as Director

1958
Letters from China

as Director

1957
1957
The Wind Rose

as Director

1956
Bold Adventure

as Director

1956
Mein Kind

as Director

1954
Song of the Rivers

as Director

1952
Peace Race 1952

as Director

1951
Peace Will Win

as Director

1951
1950
The First Years

as Director

1949
Polsko

as Director

1946
Indonesia Calling

as Director

1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan

as Co-Director

1943
Action Stations

as Director

1943
1942
Our Russian Front

as Director

1940
Power and the Land

as Director

1939
The 400 Million

as Director

1937
The Spanish Earth

as Director

1933
New Earth

as Director

1932
Creosote

as Director

1932
Song of Heroes

as Director

1931
Philips-Radio

as Director

1930
We Are Building

as Director

1930
Zuiderzee works

as Director

1929
Rain

as Director

1929
Branding

as Director

1928
The Bridge

as Director

1912
The Flaming Arrow

as Director

Writer

Pueblo en armas

as Writer

1989
A Tale of the Wind

as Screenplay

1989
A Tale of the Wind

as Dialogue

1983
Borinage

as Writer

1977
The Kazakhs

as Writer

1968
1966
The Mistral

as Scenario Writer

1966
1958
1957
1954
1951
Peace Will Win

as Writer

1946
1940
1939
The 400 Million

as Writer

1937
1936
Der Kampf

as Screenplay

1933
New Earth

as Writer

1932
Creosote

as Scenario Writer

1931
Philips-Radio

as Writer

1930
We Are Building

as Scenario Writer

1930
Zuiderzee works

as Writer

1929
Rain

as Writer

1912
The Flaming Arrow

as Scenario Writer

Editor

1954
Song of the Rivers

as Editorial Coordinator

1950
The First Years

as Editor

1946
1932
Creosote

as Editor

1932
Song of Heroes

as Editor

1930
We Are Building

as Editor

1929
Rain

as Editor

1928
The Bridge

as Editor

Actor

2010
Memória Cubana

as Self (archive footage)

1989
1986
Havre

as le docteur Digitalis

1975
1966
The Threatening Sky

as Interviewer

1966
1912
The Flaming Arrow

as Flaming Arrow

Camera

1983
Borinage

as Director of Photography

1933
New Earth

as Camera Operator

1932
Creosote

as Camera Operator

1930
Zuiderzee works

as Director of Photography

1930
We Are Building

as Camera Operator

1929
Rain

as Director of Photography

Crew

1928
Movement Studies in Paris

as Cinematography

1928
The Bridge

as Cinematography

Producer

1957
The Wind Rose

as Producer