
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.

Le Ciel, la terre

Regen

Pour le Mistral

ベトナムから遠く離れて

…A Valparaíso

Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes

Rotterdam-Europoort

Our Russian Front

Le dix-septième parallèle, la guerre du peuple

Nieuwe gronden

La Seine a rencontré Paris

The Spanish Earth

Philips-Radio

Une histoire de vent

De brug

Misère au Borinage

Power and the Land

Zuiderzeewerken

Les ouigours

Les kazaks - minorité nationale

Le Petit Chapiteau

Cuba, pueblo armado

Indonesia Calling

The 400 Million

Les aventures de Till l'Espiègle

Études des mouvements à Paris

Lied der Ströme

Die Windrose

De Wigwam

Pokój zdobędzie świat

Une histoire de ballon, lycée no 31 Pékin

Wij bouwen

La Pharmacie no. 3: Shanghai

Le peuple et ses fusils

Demain à Nanguila

Action Stations

Corvette Port Arthur

早春

L'Italia non è un paese povero

Branding

Мы за мир

Mein Kind

Friedensfahrt 1952 Warschau - Berlin - Prag

Il cinema delle avanguardie 1923 - 1930

Rencontre avec le President Hô Chi Minh

Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes