Joris Ivens
Directing
Born November 18, 1898 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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.
Filmography
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
Self
Memória Cubana
Self (archive footage)
A Tale of the Wind
Self
Havre
le docteur Digitalis
The Uyghurs
The Kazakhs
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
The Football Incident
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
Midi Première
Self
Grierson
Self
The People and Their Guns
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
The 17th Parallel
Far from Vietnam
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
The Mistral
World Without a Game
Self
Rotterdam-Europoort
Aah... Tamara
Valparaiso
Skoop
Self
The Small Tent
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Cuba, a People Armed
Carnet de viaje
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Demain à Nanguila
Letters from China
The Seine Meets Paris
The Wind Rose
Bold Adventure
My Child
Song of the Rivers
Peace Race 1952
Friendship Triumphs
Peace Will Win
Indonesia Calling
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Action Stations
Corvette Port Arthur
Our Russian Front
Power and the Land
The 400 Million
The Spanish Earth
The Struggle
Borinage
New Earth
Philips-Radio
Zuiderzeewerken
We Are Building
Rain
Branding
The Bridge
Movement Studies in Paris
The Flaming Arrow
Flaming Arrow