Joris Ivens
Known for: Directing
Born: November 18, 1898
Died: June 28, 1989
Place of birth: 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. Ivens developed into a political filmmaker, and with films like Borinage, Spanish Earth, and Indonesia Calling!, he grew into a leading documentary filmmaker.
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Filmography
66 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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Memória Cubana
2010NR
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
6.5
A Tale of the Wind
1989
7.0
Havre
1986NR
Ciné-mafia
1980
6.0
The Uyghurs
1977
6.0
The Kazakhs
1977
7.0
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976
7.0
The Football Incident
1976
8.0
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976
9.0
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
1976
9.0
Midi Première
1975
7.3
Grierson
1973
9.0
The People and Their Guns
1970
NR
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
1970NR
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970NR
Some Evidence
1969
7.1
The 17th Parallel
1968
7.1
Far from Vietnam
1967
9.5
The Threatening Sky
1966
7.2
The Mistral
1966
NR
World Without a Game
1966
7.5
Rotterdam-Europoort
1966
10.0
Aah... Tamara
1965
7.0
Valparaiso
19649.0
Le train de la victoire
1964
NR
Skoop
1964
6.0
The Small Tent
1963
7.0
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
196210.0
Pueblo en armas
1961
6.0
Cuba, a People Armed
1961
NR
Carnet de viaje
1961
9.0
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1960
9.0
Demain à Nanguila
1960
8.0
Letters from China
1958
6.9
The Seine Meets Paris
1957
6.0
The Wind Rose
1957
5.8
Bold Adventure
1956
10.0
My Child
1956
6.3
Song of the Rivers
1954
8.0
Peace Race 1952
1952
10.0
Friendship Triumphs
1951
6.5
Peace Will Win
1951NR
Polsko
19498.5
The First Years
1949
6.1
Indonesia Calling
1946
5.9
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
7.0
Action Stations
1943
7.0
Corvette Port Arthur
1943
7.5
Our Russian Front
1942
6.2
Power and the Land
1940
6.2
The 400 Million
1939
6.7
The Spanish Earth
1937
7.0
The Struggle
1936
6.3
Borinage
1934
6.8
New Earth
19335.3
Song of Heroes
1932NR
Creosote
1932
6.6
Philips-Radio
1931
7.0
Zuiderzeewerken
1930
NR
We Are Building
1930
7.4
Rain
1929
7.0
Branding
1929NR
Piling
1929
6.5
The Bridge
1928
5.8
Movement Studies in Paris
1928
5.0
The Flaming Arrow
1912
NR
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