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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.
38 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | A Tale of the Wind | Self | Film |
| 1989 | A Tale of the Wind | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Havre | le docteur Digitalis | Film |
| 1976 | How Yukong Moved the Mountains | Director | Film |
| 1968 | The 17th Parallel | Director | Film |
| 1968 | The 17th Parallel | Writer | Film |
| 1967 | Far from Vietnam | Director | Film |
| 1966 | World Without a Game | Self | Film |
| 1966 | The Mistral | Director | Film |
| 1964 | Valparaiso | Director | Film |
| 1957 | The Seine Meets Paris | Director | Film |
| 1957 | The Seine Meets Paris | Writer | Film |
| 1956 | Bold Adventure | Director | Film |
| 1951 | Friendship Triumphs | Director | Film |
| 1950 | The First Years | Director | Film |
| 1946 | Indonesia Calling | Director | Film |
| 1946 | Indonesia Calling | Writer | Film |
| 1940 | Power and the Land | Director | Film |
| 1940 | Power and the Land | Writer | Film |
| 1939 | The 400 Million | Director | Film |
| 1939 | The 400 Million | Writer | Film |
| 1937 | The Spanish Earth | Director | Film |
| 1937 | The Spanish Earth | Writer | Film |
| 1934 | Borinage | Director | Film |
| 1934 | Borinage | Writer | Film |
| 1933 | New Earth | Film | |
| 1933 | New Earth | Director | Film |
| 1933 | New Earth | Writer | Film |
| 1932 | Song of Heroes | Director | Film |
| 1931 | Philips-Radio | Director | Film |
| 1931 | Philips-Radio | Writer | Film |
| 1929 | Rain | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Piling | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Rain | Writer | Film |
| 1928 | The Bridge | Director | Film |
| 1928 | Movement Studies in Paris | Director | Film |
| 1912 | The Flaming Arrow | Flaming Arrow | Film |
| 1912 | The Flaming Arrow | Director | Film |
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