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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Joris Ivens papers
    Date (inclusive): 1936-1943
    Collection number: 58
    Creator: Ivens, Joris
    Extent: 1 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Joris Ivens papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Herman Shumlin, 1982

    Biography

    Joris Ivens was a European director, screenwriter, and film editor. Ivens left the Netherlands in 1936 for the United States. From 1937 to 1989 he made numerous films, including THE SPANISH EARTH (1937), THE 400,000,000 (1939), and THE POWER AND THE LAND (1940).

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Joris Ivens papers span the years 1936-1943 and encompass 1.0 linear foot. The collection consists largely of correspondence with producer-director Herman Shumlin; correspondence related to Contemporary Historians, Inc., and History Today film productions; Ivens's lecture and production notes; articles written by Ivens; and two scrapbooks.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Subject files; 3. Scrapbooks.

    Indexing Terms

    Ivens, Joris , 1898-1989--Archives.
    directors
    film editors
    screenwriters