Directing
Robert Flaherty
EN, FI, FR, GA cinema · 24 credits
Born
16 February 1884
Died
23 July 1951 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
Also known as Robert Joseph Flaherty · R.J. Flaherty · Flaherty · Robert J. Flaherty
Robert Joseph Flaherty (February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who made the first commercially successful feature-length documentary, Nanook of the North (1922), which solidified his reputation and was never able to be equaled in its success, although he continued 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. Flaherty was married to writer Frances Hubbard from 1914 until his death in 1951. Hubbard worked on several of her husband's films, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story for Louisiana Story (1948).
Known for
Filmography
Cast of Shadows
as self (archival)
Monica in the South Seas
as Self (archival footage)
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
as Self (archive footage)
A Letter to Freddy Buache
In Memory Of
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Producer, Director
Louisiana Story
Director, Producer, Story
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Director of Photography
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Director of Photography
It's All True
1943
It's All True
Original Story
The Land
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Elephant Boy
Director
A Night of Storytelling
Director of Photography, Director
Man of Aran
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Producer, Screenplay
Industrial Britain
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
White Shadows in the South Seas
Co-Director
Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Moana
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Pottery Maker
Director
Nanook of the North
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Producer, Writer