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.
Acting
Movie
A Tale of the Wind
as Self
1989
Movie
The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming Arrow
1912
Movie
New Earth
1933
Movie
Grierson
as Self
1973
Movie
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
1986
Movie
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer
1966
TV
Midi Première
as Self
1975
Movie
The People and Their Guns
1970
Movie
Aah... Tamara
1965
Movie
World Without a Game
as Self
1966
Movie
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
Movie
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Movie
Ciné-mafia
1980
Movie
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
as Self
Movie
Skoop
as Self
1964
Crew
Movie
Rain
Director
1929
Movie
Valparaiso
Director
1964
Movie
A Tale of the Wind
Director
1989
Movie
Far from Vietnam
Director
1967
Movie
The Bridge
Director
1928
Movie
The Spanish Earth
Director
1937
Movie
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
1945
Movie
Philips-Radio
Director
1931
Movie
New Earth
Director
1933
Movie
Borinage
Director
1934
Movie
The Flaming Arrow
Director
1912
Movie
Movement Studies in Paris
Director
1928