Personal Info
Joris Ivens
Directing
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, enthusias…
Filmography
Movies
Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
A Tale of the Wind
as Self
Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
Ciné-mafia
Grierson
as Self
The People and Their Guns
World Without a Game
as Self
The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer
Aah... Tamara
