02/16/1884
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).
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Cast of Shadows (2025) as self (archival) |
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Monica in the South Seas (2023) as Self (archival footage) |
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A Boatload of Wild Irishmen (2010) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Land (1942) as Narrator (voice) |
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Lettre à Freddy Buache (1983) In Memory Of |
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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Director |
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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Producer |
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Guernica (1949) Director |
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Louisiana Story (1948) Director |
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Louisiana Story (1948) Producer |
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Louisiana Story (1948) Story |
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943) Director of Photography |
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It's All True (1943) Original Story |
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Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943) Director of Photography |
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) Director of Photography |
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942) Cinematography |
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The Land (1942) Director |
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The Land (1942) Writer |
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The Land (1942) Director of Photography |
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Elephant Boy (1937) Director |
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Oidhche Sheanchais (1935) Director |
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Oidhche Sheanchais (1935) Director of Photography |
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Man of Aran (1934) Director |
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Man of Aran (1934) Writer |
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Man of Aran (1934) Director of Photography |
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The English Potter (1933) Director |
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Industrial Britain (1931) Director |
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Industrial Britain (1931) Producer |
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Industrial Britain (1931) Director of Photography |
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) Producer |
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) Screenplay |
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White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) Co-Director |
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Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927) Director |
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Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927) Producer |
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Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927) Editor |
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Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927) Director of Photography |
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Moana (1926) Director |
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Moana (1926) Screenplay |
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Moana (1926) Producer |
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Moana (1926) Editor |
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Moana (1926) Director of Photography |
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The Pottery Maker (1925) Director |
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Nanook of the North (1922) Director |
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Nanook of the North (1922) Producer |
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Nanook of the North (1922) Director of Photography |
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Nanook of the North (1922) Editor |
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Nanook of the North (1922) Writer |
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The Eskimo (1916) Director |