Robert Flaherty
Directing · Producer · Editor · Director
Born Feb 16, 1884 · Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
Active 1916–1951 · Awards: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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).
Filmography
Nanook of the North (1922) - Producer · Editor · Director · Director of Photography · WriterTabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) - Producer · ScreenplayMan of Aran (1934) - Director · Writer · Director of PhotographyWhy We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) - Director of Photography · CinematographyWhy We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943) - Director of PhotographyMoana (1926) - Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay · Director of PhotographyLouisiana Story (1948) - Director · Producer · StoryWhite Shadows in the South Seas (1928) - Co-DirectorWhy We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943) - Director of PhotographyElephant Boy (1937) - DirectorTwenty-Four Dollar Island (1927) - Director · Producer · Editor · Director of PhotographyThe Land (1942) - Narrator (voice) · Writer · Director of Photography · DirectorThe English Potter (1933) - DirectorThe Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) - Director · ProducerThe Pottery Maker (1925) - DirectorIndustrial Britain (1931) - Director · Producer · Director of PhotographyA Night of Storytelling (1935) - Director of Photography · DirectorThe Eskimo (1916) - DirectorGuernica (1949) - DirectorIt's All True (1943) - Original Story