Biography
Helen van Dongen was a Dutch film editor active from the late 1920s to 1950. Born in Amsterdam on 5 January 1909, she died on 28 September 2006 in Brattleboro, Vermont.
She began working with Joris Ivens in the late 1920s and edited many of his documentaries, including The Spanish Earth (1937) and The 400 Million (1939). She later edited Robert Flaherty's The Land (1942) and co-produced and edited Louisiana Story (1948). She also produced and edited several compilation and independent films.
Van Dongen retired from filmmaking after her marriage to Kenneth Durant in 1950.
