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.

Filmography

All 15Movies 14TV 1

Memória Cubana

Self (archive footage)

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Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk

2008

A Tale of the Wind

Self

Havre

le docteur Digitalis

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Ciné-mafia

1980

Midi Première

Self

Grierson

Self

The People and Their Guns

1970

The Threatening Sky

Interviewer

World Without a Game

Self

Aah... Tamara

1965

Skoop

Self

New Earth

1933

The Flaming Arrow

Flaming Arrow

Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur

Self