Cast & creator
Joris Ivens
Best known for Midi Première, Know Your Enemy: Japan, Far from Vietnam
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.
121
film credits
2
television credits
15
1912–2010 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (123)
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Midi Première
Self
1975
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Co-Director
1945
Far from Vietnam
Director
1967
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
Director
1976Ciné-mafia
1980
The Threatening Sky
Interviewer
1966The Threatening Sky
Director
1966
Valparaiso
Director
1964
Philips-Radio
Director
1931Philips-Radio
Writer
1931
Havre
le docteur Digitalis
1986
The Spanish Earth
Writer
1937The Spanish Earth
Director
1937The First Years
Director
1949The First Years
Editor
1949
Skoop
Self
1964
Grierson
Self
1973
Zuiderzeewerken
Director
1930Zuiderzeewerken
Director of Photography
1930Zuiderzeewerken
Writer
1930
How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Editor
1976How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Director
1976
The Uyghurs
Director
1977The Uyghurs
Writer
1977
The Seine Meets Paris
Director
1957The Seine Meets Paris
Writer
1957
Rotterdam-Europoort
Director
1966Rotterdam-Europoort
Writer
1966
Power and the Land
Director
1940Power and the Land
Writer
1940
Branding
Director
1929Branding
Cinematography
1929
Bold Adventure
Director
1956
A Tale of the Wind
Self
1989A Tale of the Wind
Director
1989A Tale of the Wind
Screenplay
1989A Tale of the Wind
Dialogue
1989
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Thanks
1962
Les années Juliet - Chronique d’un Filmeur
Self
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
Director
1970
The Small Tent
Director
1963
Indonesia Calling
Director
1946Indonesia Calling
Editor
1946Indonesia Calling
Writer
1946
The Wind Rose
Director
1957The Wind Rose
Producer
1957Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
2008
Cuba, a People Armed
Director
1961Cuba, a People Armed
Writer
1961
The Mistral
Scenario Writer
1966The Mistral
Director
1966
Action Stations
Director
1943
Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Director
1970Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Writer
1970Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh
Editor
1970
The 400 Million
Director
1939The 400 Million
Writer
1939The 400 Million
Director of Photography
1939
Song of the Rivers
Writer
1954Song of the Rivers
Editorial Coordinator
1954Song of the Rivers
Director
1954
The Kazakhs
Director
1977The Kazakhs
Writer
1977
Borinage
Director
1934Borinage
Writer
1934Borinage
Director of Photography
1934
Demain à Nanguila
Director
1960
We Are Building
Editor
1930We Are Building
Scenario Writer
1930We Are Building
Director
1930We Are Building
Camera Operator
1930Le train de la victoire
Director
1964
The Pharmacy: Shanghai
Director
1976
The People and Their Guns
1970The People and Their Guns
Director
1970The People and Their Guns
Writer
1970
The 17th Parallel
Director
1968The 17th Parallel
Writer
1968
Friendship Triumphs
Director
1951
Movement Studies in Paris
Director
1928Movement Studies in Paris
Editor
1928Movement Studies in Paris
Cinematography
1928
Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Editor
1960Italy Is Not a Poor Country
Director
1960
Peace Will Win
Director
1951Peace Will Win
Writer
1951Polsko
Director
1949Creosote
Scenario Writer
1932Creosote
Director
1932Creosote
Editor
1932Creosote
Camera Operator
1932
Memória Cubana
Self (archive footage)
2010Piling
Director
1929
Our Russian Front
Director
1942
Rain
Director
1929Rain
Editor
1929Rain
Writer
1929Rain
Director of Photography
1929
The Flaming Arrow
Flaming Arrow
1912The Flaming Arrow
Director
1912The Flaming Arrow
Scenario Writer
1912
The Bridge
Director
1928The Bridge
Editor
1928The Bridge
Cinematography
1928
Peace Race 1952
Director
1952Some Evidence
Director
1969
Letters from China
Writer
1958Letters from China
Director
1958Pueblo en armas
Writer
1961Pueblo en armas
Director
1961
World Without a Game
Self
1966
Carnet de viaje
Director
1961
The Struggle
Screenplay
1936
The Football Incident
Director
1976
Corvette Port Arthur
Director
1943
My Child
Director
1956
Aah... Tamara
1965
New Earth
1933New Earth
Director
1933New Earth
Writer
1933New Earth
Camera Operator
1933Song of Heroes
Director
1932Song of Heroes
Editor
1932