Robert J. Flaherty
Director | Writer | Editor | Screenplay | Producer
Robert Joseph Flaherty, FRGS (/ˈflæ.ərti, ˈflɑː-/; 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....
Place of Birth: Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
Date of Birth: Feb 16, 1884
Date of Death: Jul 23, 1951
Filmography
Director
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Writer
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Editor
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Screenplay
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Producer
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Cinematography
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Director of Photography
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Title Designer
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