Joris Ivens
Dutch filmmaker (1898-1989) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 90
Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparaiso, Misère au Borinage (Borinage), 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, The Seine Meets Paris, Far from Vietnam, Pour le Mistral and How Yukong...
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A Tale of the WindFilm, 1989Director, Writer1988Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementAward1984Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine ArtsAward1977
The KazakhsFilm, Director, Writer1976
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnesSeries, Director1975
Midi PremièreSeries1968
The 17th ParallelFilm, Director, Writer1966
Rotterdam-EuropoortFilm, Director, Writer1961
Cuba, a People ArmedFilm, Director, Writer1958Short Film Palme d'OrAward1957
The Seine Meets ParisFilm, Director, Writer1955World Peace Council prizesAward1954
Song of the RiversFilm, Director, Writer1946
Indonesia CallingFilm, Director, Writer1942
Our Russian FrontFilm, Director1939
The 400 MillionFilm, Director, Writer1934
BorinageFilm, Director, Writer1932Song of HeroesFilm, Director1929
RainFilm, Director, Writer1912
The Flaming ArrowFilm, Director1898Born18 November 1898People around Joris
John Fernhout Studied under Joris- Mannus Franken Professional partner, also in Rain (1929)
Gérard Philipe Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Jean Vilar Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Erwin Geschonneck Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Jean Debucourt Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Nicole Berger Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Fernand Ledoux Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Gabrielle Fontan Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Alexandre Rignault Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Raymond Souplex Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Georges Chamarat Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Lucien Callamand Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Elfriede Florin Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Henri Nassiet Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Yves Brainville Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Jacques Prévert Also in The Seine Meets Paris and The Small Tent- Chris Marker Also in Valparaiso and Far from Vietnam
Marcel L'Herbier Produced Zuiderzeewerken (1930)
Jean Carmet Joris directed Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (1956)
Pim de la Parra Directed Aah... Tamara (1965)
Wim Verstappen Produced Aah... Tamara (1965)
Anatole Dauman Produced Valparaiso (1964)
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Joris Ivens (left) with Ernest Hemingway (middle) and Ludwig Renn in the Spanish Civil War, 1936
Conference of World Union of Documentary Films in Warsaw (1948): Basil Wright (left), Elmar Klos, Joris Ivens (2nd from right) and Jerzy Toeplitz
Xuân Phượng, Joris Ivens and the filming crew of "17th Parallel Vietnam in War".
Ivens' tomb at Cimetière du Montparnasse, ParisAwards
About this person
Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparaiso, Misère au Borinage (Borinage), 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, The Seine Meets Paris, Far from Vietnam, Pour le Mistral and How Yukong Moved the Mountains.
