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Robert Flaherty

Name in Native Language: "Robert Joseph Flaherty" (English/EN)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Camera Operator / Photographer | * 02/16/1884 († 67, 07/23/1951) | Iron Mountain, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
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. Flaherty was married to writer Frances H. Flaherty from 1914 until his death in 1951. Frances worked on several of her husband's films, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story for Louisiana Story (1948). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Adventure

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Awards & Nominations for Robert Flaherty

Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Robert Flaherty as Actor(2)

as Self (archival footage)2023 Monica in the South Seas
as Narrator (voice)1942 The Land

Movies with Robert Flaherty as Crew(39)

Directing/Director1950 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Production/Producer1950 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Directing/Director1948 Louisiana Story
Production/Producer1948 Louisiana Story
Writing/Screenplay1948 Louisiana Story
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Camera/Director of Photography1942 Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Camera/Director of Photography1942 The Land
Directing/Director1942 The Land
Writing/Writer1942 The Land
Directing/Director1937 Elephant Boy
Camera/Director of Photography1935 A Night of Storytelling
Directing/Director1935 A Night of Storytelling
Camera/Director of Photography1934 Man of Aran
Directing/Director1934 Man of Aran
Writing/Writer1934 Man of Aran
Directing/Director1933 The English Potter
Production/Producer1931 Tabu
Writing/Screenplay1931 Tabu
Camera/Director of Photography1931 Industrial Britain
Directing/Director1931 Industrial Britain
Production/Producer1931 Industrial Britain
Directing/Co-Director1928 White Shadows in the South Seas
Camera/Director of Photography1927 Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Directing/Director1927 Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Editing/Editor1927 Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Production/Producer1927 Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Camera/Director of Photography1926 Moana
Directing/Director1926 Moana
Editing/Editor1926 Moana
Production/Producer1926 Moana
Writing/Screenplay1926 Moana
Directing/Director1925 The Pottery Maker
Camera/Director of Photography1922 Nanook of the North
Directing/Director1922 Nanook of the North
Editing/Editor1922 Nanook of the North
Production/Producer1922 Nanook of the North
Writing/Writer1922 Nanook of the North

Full Name: Robert Flaherty
Born: Saturday, 02/16 1884 (February) in Iron Mountain, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 07/23 1951 (July) in Dummerston (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Upper Canada College
Member of: Royal Geographical Society
Represented by: Light Cone
Spouses (current/former): Frances H. Flaherty
Children: Monica Flaherty Frassetto
Other names for Robert Flaherty (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Joseph Flaherty"
"R.J. Flaherty"
"Flaherty"
"Robert J. Flaherty"
Robert Flaherty frequently works together with these people:
Frank Capra (5x, Crew)
Richard Lyford (4x, Crew)
Anatole Litvak (4x, Crew)
William Hornbeck (4x, Crew)
Floyd Crosby (4x, Crew)
Julian Johnson (3x, Crew)
F. W. Murnau (3x, Crew)
Edgar G. Ulmer (3x, Crew)
David Flaherty (3x, Crew)
Mika Taanila (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1050347, Added: 12/03/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024