Joris Ivens
Directing · Editor · Director · Scenario Writer
Born Nov 18, 1898 · Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Active 1912–1989 · Awards: Star of People's Friendship in Silver, Lenin Peace Prize, European Film Academy Special Jury Award, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, World Peace Council prizes, Short Film Palme d'Or, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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,…
Filmography
Rain (1929) — Director · Editor · Writer · Director of PhotographyValparaiso (1964) — DirectorFar from Vietnam (1967) — DirectorA Tale of the Wind (1989) — Director · Screenplay · DialogueAah... Tamara (1965)Pueblo en armas (1961) — Writer · DirectorFriendship Triumphs (1951) — DirectorMy Child (1956) — DirectorThe Threatening Sky (1966) — Interviewer · DirectorThe Bridge (1928) — Director · Editor · CinematographyThe Spanish Earth (1937) — Writer · DirectorNew Earth (1933) — Director · Writer · Camera OperatorPhilips-Radio (1931) — Director · WriterThe Mistral (1966) — Scenario Writer · DirectorThe People and Their Guns (1970) — Director · WriterDemain à Nanguila (1960) — DirectorLe train de la victoire (1964) — DirectorItaly Is Not a Poor Country (1960) — Editor · DirectorComment Yukong déplaça les montagnes (1976) — DirectorThe First Years (1950) — Director · EditorRotterdam-Europoort (1966) — Director · WriterThe Seine Meets Paris (1957) — Director · WriterBorinage (1934) — Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyThe 17th Parallel (1968) — Director · Writer