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.
Filmography
all 62
Movies 60
Director 46
self 9
TV Shows 2
Writer 1
Narrator 1
Marceline. A Woman. A Century (2019)
Memória Cubana (2010)
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk (2008)
A Tale of the Wind (1988)
Havre (1986)
Témoins: Joris Ivens (1983)
Conversations with Willard Van Dyke (1981)
Ciné-mafia (1980)
The Uyghurs (1977)
The Kazakhs (1977)
The Pharmacy: Shanghai (1976)
The Football Incident (1976)
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976)
How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976)
Midi Première (1975)
The People and Their Guns (1970)
Some Evidence (1969)
The 17th Parallel (1968)
Far from Vietnam (1967)
The Threatening Sky (1966)
The Mistral (1966)
World Without a Game (1966)
Rotterdam-Europoort (1966)
Valparaiso (1964)
Le train de la victoire (1964)
The Small Tent (1963)
To Arms, We Are Fascists! (1962)
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)
Mein Kind (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)
Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945)
Corvette Port Arthur (1943)
Action Stations (1943)
Our Russian Front (1942)
Power and the Land (1940)
The 400 Million (1939)
The Spanish Earth (1937)
Der Kampf (1936)
Borinage (1934)
New Earth (1933)
Song of Heroes (1932)
Creosote (1932)
Philips-Radio (1931)
Zuiderzee works (1930)
We Are Building (1930)
Rain (1929)
Branding (1929)
The Bridge (1928)
Movement Studies in Paris (1928)
The Flaming Arrow (1911)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1898-11-18
Deathday1989-06-28 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceNijmegen, Netherlands
RelationshipsGermaine Krull
SpouseMarceline Loridan-Ivens
CitizenshipsFrance, Kingdom of the Netherlands
AwardsWorld Peace Council prizes, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Short Film Palme d'Or, Star of People's Friendship, Lenin Peace Prize, European Film Academy Special Jury Award, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
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