Robert Flaherty
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
February 16, 1884 — July 23, 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1950 | |
| 1948 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1931 | |
| 1926 | |
| 1922 | Nanook of the NorthOn Plex |
| 1934 | Man of AranOn Plex |
| 1931 | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas · as Screenplay |
| 1926 | Moana · as Screenplay |
| 1922 | Nanook of the NorthOn Plex |
| 1950 | |
| 1948 | |
| 1937 | |
| 1934 | Man of AranOn Plex |
| 1926 | |
| 1922 | Nanook of the NorthOn Plex |
| 1949 | |
| 1926 | |
| 1922 | Nanook of the NorthOn Plex |
| 2023 | Monica in the South Seas · as Self (archival Footage) |
| 2010 | A Boatload of Wild Irishmen · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1978 |
| 1948 | Louisiana Story · as Story |
| 1943 | The Battle of Russia · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1943 | The Nazis Strike · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1943 | It's All True · as Original Story |
| 1942 | Why We Fight · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1934 | Man of Aran · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1928 | White Shadows in the South Seas · as Co-Director |
| 1926 | Moana · as Director Of Photography |
| 1922 | Nanook of the North · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |