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Robert J. Flaherty

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Also known as Robert Joseph Flaherty, Bob Flaherty, Robert Flaherty

American documentary filmmaker (1884-1951)

Person · Open Library

Born
1884
Died
1951
Works
2

Top works

  • [Six copper-plate engravings ...
  • Two traverses across Ungava Peninsula, Labrador

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1965-07-31
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Listeners
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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
Robert Joseph Flaherty , ( 1884-02-16 ) February 16, 1884, Iron Mountain, Michigan , U.S.
Died
July 23, 1951 (1951-07-23) (aged 67), Dummerston, Vermont , U.S.
Occupation
Filmmaker
Spouse
Frances Johnson Hubbard
Children
Monica Flaherty Frassetto , 3 others
Relatives
Martha Flaherty (Granddaughter)

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Portrait of Robert J. Flaherty.jpg
Number of children
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Robert Flaherty
date of birth
1884-02-16
date of death
1951-07-23
floruit
1931-01-01
name in native language
Robert Joseph Flaherty
start of work period
1922-00-00
Commons Creator page
Robert J. Flaherty
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R.J. Flaherty taking a movie, Port Harrison, QC, 1920-21

Robert Joseph Flaherty (/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. Flaherty is considered the father of both the documentary and the ethnographic film.

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