Joris Ivens

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.

Cast

Havre
le docteur Digitalis
A Tale of the Wind
Self
World Without a Game
Himself
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
Unknown
Memória Cubana
Self (archive footage)
The People and Their Guns
Unknown
The Flaming Arrow
Flaming Arrow
New Earth
Unknown
Ciné-mafia
Unknown
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
Aah... Tamara
Unknown
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
Self
Grierson
Self

Crew

We Are Building
Editor, Director, Scenario Writer, Camera Operator
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Editor, Director
Far from Vietnam
Director
The Football Incident
Director
The 17th Parallel
Director, Writer
A Tale of the Wind
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Valparaiso
Director
Creosote
Director, Editor, Scenario Writer, Camera Operator
Polsko
Director
Rain
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
The Spanish Earth
Director, Writer
The Seine Meets Paris
Director, Writer
Indonesia Calling
Director, Writer, Editor
New Earth
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Philips-Radio
Director, Writer
Power and the Land
Director, Writer
Song of Heroes
Director, Editor
Borinage
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Mistral
Director, Scenario Writer
The 400 Million
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Bridge
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Movement Studies in Paris
Director, Cinematography, Editor
The Flaming Arrow
Director, Scenario Writer
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director, Writer
Bold Adventure
Director
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
Song of the Rivers
Director, Writer, Editorial Coordinator
The People and Their Guns
Director, Writer
Some Evidence
Director
Demain à Nanguila
Director
Zuiderzee works
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The Uyghurs
Director
The Kazakhs
Director, Writer
Peace Will Win
Director, Writer
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Thanks
The Wind Rose
Director, Producer
Action Stations
Director
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
Der Kampf
Screenplay
The Small Tent
Director
Letters from China
Director, Writer
Pueblo en armas
Director, Writer
Cuba, a People Armed
Director
The Threatening Sky
Director
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
Le train de la victoire
Director
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director, Editor
Our Russian Front
Director
Branding
Director, Cinematography
Friendship Triumphs
Director
The First Years
Director, Editor
My Child
Director
Peace Race 1952
Director
Piling
Director
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Director
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director, Writer, Editor
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
Director