The European foundation Joris Ivens
The European Foundation Joris Ivens, established in 1990 in memory of the life and work of Joris Ivens, has its office in his birthtown Nijmegen, The Netherlands.  

Joris Ivens (1898 Nijmegen -1989 Paris) made more then 80 films and filmed between 1912 and 1988 in over 20 countries. His life and work provide a unique insight in the turbulent 20th century, exploring the world with his camera in an era in which new means of communciation and transportation like film, radio, TV, trains, cars and planes made the world visible and within reach, while world wars, global migration, revolutions and world trade made people share their fate. The era of Ivens was the age of film, telegram, typewriter and air plane, the period between the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the era of the rise and fall of the artistic and political vanguard.

尤里斯·伊文思（1898-1989），荷兰电影导演，于1912至1988年间先后拍摄了80余部电影作品，足迹遍及20多个国家和地区。伊文思的作品和他一生的传奇经历为人们全面认识跌宕起伏的20世纪提供了独特的视角，他用镜头大胆而深入地探索着整个世界。伊文思所生活的年代正是电影、电报、打字机、飞机方兴未艾的时代；纵观他的一生，他既经历了1917年俄国大革命，也见证了1989年柏林墙的推倒；此外，他更亲历了先锋艺术与政治时代的兴衰。不论是荷兰须德海（Zuiderzee）的填海造地、还是美国农村地区的电气化进展、亦或是中国越南等国农民的灌溉种植，伊文思总是以影像的形式记录着这个世界的各种变革与发展，不论东方还是西方、南方还是北方。这也解释了为何不论与资本主义跨国公司还是与工会合作，伊文思都可谓驾轻就熟。在先后四次亲赴战争前线进行拍摄之后，年届七十的伊文思仍然选择前往越南的战壕拍摄影片，并在88岁高龄之际以童话般的“风的故事”和一系列介绍中国文化与生活的影片结束了自己的电影生涯。尤里斯·伊文思曾说过：“对不可能的事物进行拍摄是最美妙的事情。”