Robert Flaherty
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 16, 1884
- Died
- July 23, 1951
- Birthplace
- Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
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).
Filmography
Cast of Shadows 2025
as self (archival)
Monica in the South Seas 2023
as Self (archival footage)
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen 2010
as Self (archive footage)
A Letter to Freddy Buache 1983
In Memory Of
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo 1950
Director, Producer
- Guernica
Guernica 1949
Director
Louisiana Story 1948
Director, Producer, Story
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia 1943
Director of Photography
- It's All True
It's All True 1943
Original Story
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike 1943
Director of Photography
Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942
Director of Photography, Cinematography
The Land 1942
as Narrator (voice), Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Elephant Boy 1937
Director
A Night of Storytelling 1935
Director of Photography, Director
Man of Aran 1934
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- The English Potter
The English Potter 1933
Director
Industrial Britain 1931
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931
Producer, Screenplay
White Shadows in the South Seas 1928
Co-Director
Twenty-Four Dollar Island 1927
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Moana 1926
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
The Pottery Maker 1925
Director
Nanook of the North 1922
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
- The Eskimo
The Eskimo 1916
Director
Credits from TMDB.