Joris Ivens
Known for DirectingBorn 1898-11-18 — died 1989-06-28Nijmegen, 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.
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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
Havre
1986 · as le docteur Digitalis
Ciné-mafia
1980
The Threatening Sky
1966 · as Interviewer
Skoop
1964 · as Self
The People and Their Guns
1970
A Tale of the Wind
1989 · as Self
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
as Self
Memória Cubana
2010 · as Self (archive footage)
Grierson
1973 · as Self
The Flaming Arrow
1912 · as Flaming Arrow
World Without a Game
1966 · as Self
New Earth
1933
Aah... Tamara
1965