Known For
Directing
Known Credits
15
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 18, 1898 (127 years old)
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.
| 1989 | A Tale of the Wind...Screenplay | |
| 1989 | A Tale of the Wind...Dialogue | |
| 1977 | The Uyghurs...Writer | |
| 1977 | The Kazakhs...Writer | |
| 1970 | The People and Their Guns...Writer | |
| 1970 | Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh...Writer | |
| 1968 | The 17th Parallel...Writer | |
| 1966 | The Mistral...Scenario Writer | |
| 1966 | Rotterdam-Europoort...Writer | |
| 1961 | Cuba, a People Armed...Writer | |
| 1961 | Pueblo en armas...Writer | |
| 1958 | Letters from China...Writer | |
| 1957 | The Seine Meets Paris...Writer | |
| 1954 | Song of the Rivers...Writer | |
| 1951 | Peace Will Win...Writer | |
| 1946 | Indonesia Calling...Writer | |
| 1940 | Power and the Land...Writer | |
| 1939 | The 400 Million...Writer | |
| 1937 | The Spanish Earth...Writer | |
| 1936 | The Struggle...Screenplay | |
| 1934 | Borinage...Writer | |
| 1933 | New Earth...Writer | |
| 1932 | Creosote...Scenario Writer | |
| 1931 | Philips-Radio...Writer | |
| 1930 | Zuiderzeewerken...Writer | |
| 1930 | We Are Building...Scenario Writer | |
| 1929 | Rain...Writer | |
| 1912 | The Flaming Arrow...Scenario Writer |
| 1976 | How Yukong Moved the Mountains...Editor | |
| 1970 | Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh...Editor | |
| 1960 | Italy Is Not a Poor Country...Editor | |
| 1954 | Song of the Rivers...Editorial Coordinator | |
| 1950 | The First Years...Editor | |
| 1946 | Indonesia Calling...Editor | |
| 1932 | Song of Heroes...Editor | |
| 1932 | Creosote...Editor | |
| 1930 | We Are Building...Editor | |
| 1929 | Rain...Editor | |
| 1928 | The Bridge...Editor | |
| 1928 | Movement Studies in Paris...Editor |
| 1962 | To Arms, We Are Fascists!...Thanks | |
| 1929 | Branding...Cinematography | |
| 1928 | The Bridge...Cinematography | |
| 1928 | Movement Studies in Paris...Cinematography |
| 1957 | The Wind Rose...Producer |
| 1939 | The 400 Million...Director of Photography | |
| 1934 | Borinage...Director of Photography | |
| 1933 | New Earth...Camera Operator | |
| 1932 | Creosote...Camera Operator | |
| 1930 | Zuiderzeewerken...Director of Photography | |
| 1930 | We Are Building...Camera Operator | |
| 1929 | Rain...Director of Photography |
| 2010 | Memória Cubanaas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Een oude vriend van het Chinese volkas | |
| 1989 | A Tale of the Windas Self | |
| 1986 | Havreas le docteur Digitalis | |
| 1980 | Ciné-mafiaas | |
| 1975 | Midi Premièreas Self | |
| 1973 | Griersonas Self | |
| 1970 | The People and Their Gunsas | |
| 1966 | The Threatening Skyas Interviewer | |
| 1966 | World Without a Gameas Self | |
| 1965 | Aah... Tamaraas | |
| 1964 | Skoopas Self | |
| 1933 | New Earthas | |
| 1912 | The Flaming Arrowas Flaming Arrow | |
| Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeuras Self |
