Joris Ivens
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.
A Tale of the Wind
as SelfIt is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to...
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World Without a Game
as HimselfDocumentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
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The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming ArrowAt the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent...
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New Earth
as uncreditedThe film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent...
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Havre
as le docteur DigitalisIn a port city, a youth plays a computer game that determines the fate of a woman (whose...
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The Threatening Sky
as InterviewerPro-Vietnamese film created by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. This black and white film begins...
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Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the...
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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