Joris Ivens papers
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
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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
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Joris Ivens papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Herman Shumlin, 1982
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.
Ivens, Joris , 1898-1989--Archives.
directors
film editors
screenwriters