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Joris Ivens

Co-Director, Director, Producer/Director

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Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) 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 Moved the Mountains.

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Born
1 Jan 1898
Died
1 Jan 1989 (aged 91)

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ACMI Identifier

1144

Wikidata

Q238616

VIAF

31997910

LOC Auth

n79063310

WorldCat

lccn-n79063310

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