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| Country | 1898 | |||
| 18/11 - | Born George Henri Anton Ivens at the Van Berchenstraat in Nijmegen, a town close to the German border, to photographic equipment dealer Cees Ivens and his wife Dora Muskens. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Home | 1911 | |||
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Shoots his first film,
De Wigwam, at
Heideparkseweg and Kwakkenberg in Nijmegen.
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[ADD] Attends the municipal Dutch High School at Kronenburgsingel in Nijmegen until 1917. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1917 | ||||
| Trains as an officer of the mounted field artillery until 1919. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1919 | ||||
| Becomes Student's President while studying Economics at the Higher Commercial College in Rotterdam. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1921 | ||||
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Lives in
Berlin until 1924. While there he studies photography and works as an
apprentice in several photographic laboratories.
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[ADD] Befriends Dutch poet Hendrik Marsman [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1924 | ||||
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Works in
the Amsterdam branch of his father's CAPI-Photo shop.
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[ADD] Shoots private film of the Ivens family at Sun- en Moonhouse [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1927 | ||||
| Inspired by a private screening of Vselevod Pudovkin's Mat (Mother) Ivens co-founds Film Liga to show films not commonly found in Holland due to artistic or political reasons. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
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Wins
international recognition for his short film
De Brug.
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[ADD] Makes a number of studies in form and movement such as Regen (Rain) between 1928 and 1931. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1931 | ||||
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Makes
Philips-Radio (Industrial Symphony) Holland's first sound art film.
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[ADD] Travels to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Vselevod Pudovkin and makes Pesn o Gerojach (Song of Heroes), a propaganda film about the building of a blast furnace in the city of Magnitogorsk. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1932 | ||||
| Makes a number of radical and controversial social documentaries (Nieuwe Gronden, Misθre au Borinage) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
| Moves to Russia. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| Moves to America where he makes anti-Fascist films such as The 400 Million in China. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1937 | ||||
| Makes The Spanish Earth in Spain with Ernest Hemingway. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1942 | ||||
| Makes films in Canada and USA for the US War Department about the war against Germany and Japan. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1945 | ||||
| Leaves America amid growing anti-Communist sentiment. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1946 | ||||
| Resigns from his position as Film Commissioner for the Dutch government in Indonesia and makes Indonesia Calling, a film in favour of Indonesian independence which results in the Dutch government declaring him 'persona non grata' [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1947 | ||||
| With his passport confiscated by the Dutch government, Ivens lives in Eastern Europe until 1957 where he makes pro-union films. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| Jul - | Attends the first Congress of the World Union of Documentary takes place at Mariαnskι Lαzne (Marienbad). [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1955 | ||||
| Is awarded the World Peace Prize. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1957 | ||||
| Moves to Paris. His film La Seine a rencontre Paris wins the Golden Palm at Cannes and the Golden Gate Award at San Francisco. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
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Is awarded
the International Lenin Prize for Science and Culture in Moscow.
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[ADD] Makes Loin du Vietnam, one of a number of films he makes in support of the liberation of Vietnam during the conflict with USA. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1969 | ||||
| Is asked by the Dutch Minister Klomp to make a film about Holland. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1978 | ||||
| Is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in London. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| Is made Commander of the Legion d`Honeur by president Francois Mitterand [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1985 | ||||
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Is awarded
the Golden Calf in Holland.
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[ADD] Is made Grand Officer of the Republic of Italy. [MORE] [ADD] Is awarded golden medal 'for merits to the beautiful arts' by King Juan Carlos of Spain. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1988 | ||||
| Is awarded the Golden Lion at the Cannes Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1989 | ||||
| 28/6 - | Is decorated with a knighthood of the Order of the Dutch Lion. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 24/3 - | It is announced that heavy metal band Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich is to play Ivens in the forthcoming HBO drama Hemingway and Gellhorn. [ADD] | |||
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