Joris Ivens
Known for DirectingBorn 1898-11-18Died 1989-06-28Nijmegen, 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. Ivens developed into a political filmmaker, and with films like Borinage, Spanish Earth, and Indonesia Calling!, he grew into a leading documentary filmmaker.Read more
Movies & web series
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Aah... Tamara
1965 · Movie
Pueblo en armas
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Pueblo en armas
1961 · Movie
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My Child
1956 · Movie
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Friendship Triumphs
1951 · Movie
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The Threatening Sky
1966 · Movie
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Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes
1976 · Series
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Midi Première
1975 · Series
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The People and Their Guns
1970 · Movie
Le train de la victoire
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Le train de la victoire
1964 · Movie
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Demain à Nanguila
1960 · Movie
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Italy Is Not a Poor Country
1960 · Movie
The First Years
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The First Years
1950 · Movie
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The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976 · Movie
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Letters from China
1958 · Movie
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Peace Race 1952
1952 · Movie
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Rotterdam-Europoort
1966 · Movie
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Grierson
1973 · Movie
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Our Russian Front
1942 · Movie
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Havre
1986 · Movie
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The Mistral
1966 · Movie
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The 17th Parallel
1968 · Movie
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Far from Vietnam
1967 · Movie
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How Yukong Moved the Mountains
1976 · Movie
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The Football Incident
1976 · Movie
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Rain
1929 · Movie
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To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1962 · Movie
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Valparaiso
1964 · Movie
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The Seine Meets Paris
1957 · Movie
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Action Stations
1943 · Movie
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Corvette Port Arthur
1943 · Movie
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Der Kampf
1936 · Movie
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A Tale of the Wind
1989 · Movie
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Zuiderzeewerken
1930 · Movie
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Branding
1929 · Movie
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New Earth
1933 · Movie
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Peace Will Win
1951 · Movie
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The Spanish Earth
1937 · Movie
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Philips-Radio
1931 · Movie
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Song of the Rivers
1954 · Movie
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The Bridge
1928 · Movie
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The Uyghurs
1977 · Movie
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The Kazakhs
1977 · Movie
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Borinage
1934 · Movie
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The 400 Million
1939 · Movie
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The Small Tent
1963 · Movie
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Cuba, a People Armed
1961 · Movie
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Power and the Land
1940 · Movie
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Indonesia Calling
1946 · Movie