Joris Ivens
Biography
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.
Directed Films
A Tale of the Wind
The Uyghurs
The Kazakhs
The Football Incident
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
The People and Their Guns
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
The 17th Parallel
Far from Vietnam
The Threatening Sky
The Mistral
Rotterdam-Europoort
Valparaiso
The Small Tent
Cuba, a People Armed
Carnet de viaje
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Demain à Nanguila
Letters from China
The Seine Meets Paris
The Wind Rose
Bold Adventure
My Child
Also Appeared In
Memória Cubana
A Tale of the Wind
Havre
Grierson
The People and Their Guns
The Threatening Sky
World Without a Game
Aah... Tamara
Skoop
New Earth
The Flaming Arrow
