
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…
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Filmography
Acting (14)
Movies (13)
Memória Cubana
2010as Self (archive footage)
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
A Tale of the Wind
1989as Self
Havre
1986as le docteur Digitalis
Ciné-mafia
1980
Grierson
1973as Self
The People and Their Guns
1970
The Threatening Sky
1966as Interviewer
World Without a Game
1966as Himself
Aah... Tamara
1965
New Earth
1933
The Flaming Arrow
1912as Flaming Arrow
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
as Self
Television (1)
Crew (67)
Movies (66)
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010Director
A Tale of the Wind
1989Director
The Uyghurs
1977Director
The Uyghurs
1977Writer
The Kazakhs
1977Director
The Football Incident
1976Director
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976Editor
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976Director
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970Director
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970Director
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970Editor
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970Writer
The People and Their Guns
1970Director
Some Evidence
1969Director
The 17th Parallel
1968Director
Far from Vietnam
1967Director
The Mistral
1966Director
Rotterdam-Europoort
1966Director
The Threatening Sky
1966Director
Le train de la victoire
1964Director
Valparaiso
1964Director
The Small Tent
1963Director
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1962Thanks
Pueblo en armas
1961Director
Cuba, a People Armed
1961Director
Cuba, a People Armed
1961Writer
Demain à Nanguila
1960Director
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1960Editor
Letters from China
1958Writer
The Seine Meets Paris
1957Director
The Wind Rose
1957Director
The Wind Rose
1957Producer
Bold Adventure
1956Director
My Child
1956Director
Song of the Rivers
1954Director
Song of the Rivers
1954Editorial Coordinator
Song of the Rivers
1954Writer
Peace Race 1952
1952Director
Friendship Triumphs
1951Director
Peace Will Win
1951Director
The First Years
1950Director
Polsko
1949Director
Indonesia Calling
1946Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945Co-Director
Action Stations
1943Director
Corvette Port Arthur
1943Director
Our Russian Front
1942Director
Power and the Land
1940Director
The 400 Million
1939Director
The Spanish Earth
1937Writer
Der Kampf
1936Screenplay
Borinage
1934Director
New Earth
1933Writer
Song of Heroes
1932Director
Creosote
1932Scenario Writer
Philips-Radio
1931Director
We Are Building
1930Editor
Zuiderzeewerken
1930Director
Rain
1929Director
Branding
1929Director
Movement Studies in Paris
1928Cinematography
Movement Studies in Paris
1928Director
Movement Studies in Paris
1928Editor
The Bridge
1928Director
The Flaming Arrow
1912Director
Piling
Director
Television (1)
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