Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 16, 1884
Died
Jul 23, 1951
Place of Birth
Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
Credits
24 titles
Robert Flaherty
Biography
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
self (archival)
Monica in the South Seas
Self (archival footage)
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
Self (archive footage)
A Letter to Freddy Buache
In Memory Of
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Director
Guernica
Director
Louisiana Story
Director
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Director of Photography
It's All True
Original Story
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Director of Photography
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Director of Photography
The Land
Narrator (voice)
Elephant Boy
Director
A Night of Storytelling
Director of Photography
Man of Aran
Director
The English Potter
Director
Industrial Britain
Director
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Producer
White Shadows in the South Seas
Co-Director
Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Director
Moana
Director
The Pottery Maker
Director
Nanook of the North
Director
The Eskimo
Director