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Joris Ivens (1898-1989)

Birthplace:
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Born:
November 18, 1898

Died:
June 28, 1989

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
1930  We Are Building
1932  Creosote
1933  New Earth

Cinematography:
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1930  We Are Building
1932  Creosote
1933  New Earth

Co-Director:
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1930  We Are Building
1932  Creosote
1933  New Earth
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan

Dialogue:
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1930  We Are Building
1932  Creosote
1933  New Earth
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1989  A Tale of the Wind

Director:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Director of Photography:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Editor:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Editorial Coordinator:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Producer:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Scenario Writer:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Screenplay:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1936  Der Kampf
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Thanks:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1936  Der Kampf
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1962  To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

Writer:
1915  The Flaming Arrow
1928  Movement Studies in Paris
1928  The Bridge
1929  Branding
1929  Rain
1930  We Are Building
1930  Zuiderzee works
1931  Philips-Radio
1932  Creosote
1932  Song of Heroes
1933  New Earth
1934  Borinage
1936  Der Kampf
1937  The Spanish Earth
1939  The 400 Million
1940  Power and the Land
1942  Our Russian Front
1943  Action Stations
1943  Corvette Port Arthur
1945  Know Your Enemy: Japan
1946  Indonesia Calling
1949  Polsko
1950  The First Years
1951  Friendship Triumphs
1951  Peace Will Win
1952  Peace Race 1952
1954  Song of the Rivers
1956  Bold Adventure
1956  Mein Kind
1957  The Seine Meets Paris
1957  The Wind Rose
1958  Letters from China
1960  Demain à Nanguila
1960  Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1961  Cuba, a People Armed
1962  To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1963  The Small Tent
1964  Le train de la victoire
1964  Valparaiso
1966  Rotterdam-Europoort
1966  The Mistral
1966  The Threatening Sky
1967  Far from Vietnam
1968  The 17th Parallel
1969  Some Evidence
1970  The People and Their Guns
1976  How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976  The Football Incident
1976  The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1977  The Kazakhs
1977  The Uyghurs
1989  A Tale of the Wind
????  Pueblo en armas

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Director:
1976  Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes

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