Biography
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.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 22
Director 13
Producer 3
self 2
Narrator 1
Writer 1
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen (2010)
St. Matthew ion (1949)
Guernica (1949)
Louisiana Story (1948)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943)
The Land (1942)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1938)
Elephant Boy (1937)
A Night of Storytelling (1935)
Man of Aran (1934)
The English Potter (1933)
Industrial Britain (1931)
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
Moana (1926)
The Pottery Maker (1925)
Nanook of the North (1922)
The Eskimo (1916)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-02-16
Deathday
1951-07-23 (67 years old)
Birth Place
Iron Mountain, United States
Children
Monica Flaherty Frassetto
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Robert Joseph Flaherty, R.J. Flaherty, Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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