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.
Movie Appearances
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
1986
A Tale of the Wind
as Self
1989
World Without a Game
as Self
1966
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
2010
The People and Their Guns
1970
The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming Arrow
1912
New Earth
1933
Ciné-mafia
1980
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer
1966
Aah... Tamara
1965
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
as Self
TBA
Grierson
as Self
1973
