Joris Ivens
Directing
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
Directing56
movieA Tale of the Wind
1989
Director
movieThe Uyghurs
1977
Director
movieThe Kazakhs
1977
Director
movieThe Football Incident
1976
Director
movieThe Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976
Director
movieThe 17th Parallel
1968
Director
movieFar from Vietnam
1967
Director
movieThe Threatening Sky
1966
Director
movieThe Mistral
1966
Director
movieRotterdam-Europoort
1966
Director
movieValparaiso
1964
Director
movieThe Small Tent
1963
Director
movieCuba, a People Armed
1961
Director
movieCarnet de viaje
1961
Director
movieDemain à Nanguila
1960
Director
movieLetters from China
1958
Director
movieThe Seine Meets Paris
1957
Director
movieThe Wind Rose
1957
Director
movieBold Adventure
1956
Director
movieMy Child
1956
Director
movieSong of the Rivers
1954
Director
moviePeace Race 1952
1952
Director
movieFriendship Triumphs
1951
Director
moviePeace Will Win
1951
Director
Polsko
1949
Director
movieIndonesia Calling
1946
Director
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Co-Director
movieAction Stations
1943
Director
movieCorvette Port Arthur
1943
Director
movieOur Russian Front
1942
Director
moviePower and the Land
1940
Director
movieThe 400 Million
1939
Director
movieThe Spanish Earth
1937
Director
movieBorinage
1934
Director
movieNew Earth
1933
Director
Creosote
1932
Director
moviePhilips-Radio
1931
Director
movieZuiderzeewerken
1930
Director
movieWe Are Building
1930
Director
movieRain
1929
Director
movieBranding
1929
Director
Piling
1929
Director
movieThe Bridge
1928
Director
movieThe Flaming Arrow
1912
Director
Writing27
movieA Tale of the Wind
1989
Screenplay, Dialogue
movieThe Kazakhs
1977
Writer
movieThe Uyghurs
1977
Writer
movieThe Mistral
1966
Scenario Writer
moviePeace Will Win
1951
Writer
movieThe 400 Million
1939
Writer
movieThe Struggle
1936
Screenplay
movieBorinage
1934
Writer
movieNew Earth
1933
Writer
Creosote
1932
Scenario Writer
moviePhilips-Radio
1931
Writer
movieZuiderzeewerken
1930
Writer
movieWe Are Building
1930
Scenario Writer
movieRain
1929
Writer
movieThe Flaming Arrow
1912
Scenario Writer
Acting15
movieMemória Cubana
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieHavre
1986
le docteur Digitalis
movieThe Threatening Sky
1966
Interviewer
movieSkoop
1964
Self
movieThe Flaming Arrow
1912
Flaming Arrow
Editing12
movieSong of the Rivers
1954
Editorial Coordinator
movieWe Are Building
1930
Editor
movieRain
1929
Editor
movieThe Bridge
1928
Editor
Camera7
movieThe 400 Million
1939
Director of Photography
movieBorinage
1934
Director of Photography
movieNew Earth
1933
Camera Operator
Creosote
1932
Camera Operator
movieZuiderzeewerken
1930
Director of Photography
movieWe Are Building
1930
Camera Operator
movieRain
1929
Director of Photography
Crew4
movieBranding
1929
Cinematography
movieThe Bridge
1928
Cinematography
movieMovement Studies in Paris
1928
Cinematography
Production1
movieThe Wind Rose
1957
Producer