Director
Joris Ivens
November 18, 1898 · Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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.
Often works with
Full filmography · 51
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
1986
The Kazakhs
Director and Writer
1977
The Uyghurs
Director and Writer
1977
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Director
1976
The Football Incident
Director
1976
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
1976
The People and Their Guns
cast and Director and Writer
1970
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director and Writer
1970
The 17th Parallel
Director and Writer
1968
Far from Vietnam
Director
19677.1
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer and Director
1966
The Mistral
Director
1966