Joris Ivens
Birthday
1898/11/18
Day of death
1989/06/28 (90 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1986) Havre
as le docteur Digitalis
(1989) A Tale of the Wind
as Self
(1966) World Without a Game
as Himself
(2008) Een oude vriend van het Chinese volk
as ---
(2010) Memória Cubana
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) The People and Their Guns
as ---
(1912) The Flaming Arrow
as Flaming Arrow
(1933) New Earth
as ---
(1980) Ciné-mafia
as ---
(1966) The Threatening Sky
as Interviewer
(1965) Aah... Tamara
as ---
(1975) Midi Première
as Self