Robert Flaherty

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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Nanook of the North 1922Movie Director, Writer

Tabu 1931Movie Screenplay, Producer

Hvorfor blev der Krig? 1942Movie Cinematography

Slaget om Rusland 1-2 1943Movie Cinematography

Elephant Boy 1937Movie Director

Manden fra Aran 1934Movie Director, Writer

Nazisterne går til angreb 1943Movie Cinematography

Louisiana Story 1948Movie Director, Story