Robert Flaherty

Directing
BirthdayFeb 16, 1884 (67 years old)
DeathdayJul 23, 1951
Place of birthIron Mountain, Michigan, USA
GenderMale

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

Narrator (voice)

Apr 1, 1942

Self (archival footage)

Nov 3, 2023

Himself (archive footage)

Jul 7, 2010

Narrator (voice)

Apr 1, 1942

Self (archival footage)

Nov 3, 2023

Himself (archive footage)

Jul 7, 2010

Acting


Participated in 21 movies, 0 TV series

2023

Self (archival footage)


2010

Himself (archive footage)


1949

Director


1948

Director, Screenplay, Producer



1943

Director of Photography


1943

Director of Photography


1942

Narrator (voice), Writer, Director of Photography, Director


1938


1937

Director


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