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
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
A Letter to Freddy Buache
Role: In Memory Of
MOVIE • 1983
Guernica
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
Louisiana Story
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1948
Louisiana Story
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1948
Louisiana Story
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1948
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1943
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1942
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1942
The Land
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1942
The Land
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1942
The Land
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1942
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1938
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1938
Elephant Boy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1937
A Night of Storytelling
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1935
A Night of Storytelling
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1935
Man of Aran
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1934
Man of Aran
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1934
Man of Aran
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1934