Robert Flaherty

Producer, Schrijver, Regisseur, Redacteur

16 februari 1884 — 23 juli 1951 (67 years)
Robert Joseph Flaherty (February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922). The film made his reputation and nothing in his later life fully equaled its success, although he continued the development of this new genre of narrative documentary with Moana (1926), set in the South Seas, and Man of Aran (1934), filmed in Ireland's Aran Islands. Flaherty is considered the "father" of both the documentary and the ethnographic film. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Nanook of the North
    Nanook of the North1922
  • Prelude to War
    Prelude to War1942
  • Volk van Arran
    Volk van Arran1934
  • The Battle of Russia
    The Battle of Russia1943
  • De Nazi's slaan hun slag
    De Nazi's slaan hun slag1943

Known For

  • Nanook of the North
    Nanook of the North1922
  • Louisiana Story
    Louisiana Story1948
  • Volk van Arran
    Volk van Arran1934
  • Taboe
    Taboe1931
  • Moana
    Moana1926
  • Elephant Boy
    Elephant Boy1937
  • Witte schaduwen van de Zuidzee
    Witte schaduwen van de Zuidzee1928
  • The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
    The Titan: Story of Michelangelo1950

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