Joris Ivens

Known for: Directing
Born: November 18, 1898, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Died: June 28, 1989
Movies: 68

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.

Upcoming Joris Ivens Movies

Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.4

Rain

1929

7.0

Valparaiso

1964

6.5

A Tale of the Wind

1989

7.2

Far from Vietnam

1967

6.5

The Bridge

1928

6.7

The Spanish Earth

1937

6.6

Philips-Radio

1931

5.0

The Flaming Arrow

1912

6.8

New Earth

1933

6.3

Borinage

1934

Filmography

2010	Memória Cubana	Self (archive footage)
2008	Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
1989	A Tale of the Wind	Self
1986	Havre	le docteur Digitalis
1980	Ciné-mafia
1973	Grierson	Self
1970	The People and Their Guns
1966	The Threatening Sky	Interviewer
1966	World Without a Game	Self
1965	Aah... Tamara
1964	Skoop	Self
1933	New Earth
1912	The Flaming Arrow	Flaming Arrow

Directing, Writing & Producing

1989	A Tale of the Wind	Director, Screenplay
1977	The Uyghurs	Director, Writer
1977	The Kazakhs	Director, Writer
1976	The Football Incident	Director
1976	How Yukong Moved the Mountains	Director
1976	The Pharmacy: Shanghai	Director
1970	The People and Their Guns	Director, Writer
1970	Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh	Director, Writer
1970	Hommage à Ho Chi Minh	Director
1969	Some Evidence	Director
1968	The 17th Parallel	Director, Writer
1967	Far from Vietnam	Director
1966	The Threatening Sky	Director
1966	The Mistral	Director
1966	Rotterdam-Europoort	Director, Writer
1964	Valparaiso	Director
1964	Le train de la victoire	Director
1963	The Small Tent	Director
1961	Pueblo en armas	Director, Writer
1961	Cuba, a People Armed	Director, Writer
1961	Carnet de viaje	Director
1960	Italy Is Not a Poor Country	Director
1960	Demain à Nanguila	Director
1958	Letters from China	Director, Writer
1957	The Seine Meets Paris	Director, Writer
1957	The Wind Rose	Director, Producer
1956	Bold Adventure	Director
1956	My Child	Director
1954	Song of the Rivers	Director, Writer
1952	Peace Race 1952	Director
1951	Friendship Triumphs	Director
1951	Peace Will Win	Director, Writer
1949	Polsko	Director
1949	The First Years	Director
1946	Indonesia Calling	Director, Writer
1943	Action Stations	Director
1943	Corvette Port Arthur	Director
1942	Our Russian Front	Director
1940	Power and the Land	Director, Writer
1939	The 400 Million	Director, Writer
1937	The Spanish Earth	Director, Writer
1936	The Struggle	Screenplay
1934	Borinage	Director, Writer
1933	New Earth	Director, Writer
1932	Song of Heroes	Director
1932	Creosote	Director
1931	Philips-Radio	Director, Writer
1930	Zuiderzeewerken	Director, Writer
1930	We Are Building	Director
1929	Rain	Director, Writer
1929	Branding	Director
1929	Piling	Director
1928	The Bridge	Director
1928	Movement Studies in Paris	Director
1912	The Flaming Arrow	Director

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