Robert Flaherty biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Robert Flaherty

Author Name:

Robert Flaherty

Born As:

Robert Joseph Flaherty

Other Names:

Robert Joseph Flaherty

Born:

18 Feb 1884

Died:

23 Jul 1951




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Movie director                          
Selected Works:

Nanook of the North - 1922
Moana - 1926
The Twenty-four Dollar Island - 1927, short documentary of New York City
Tabu - 1931, co-directed with F. W. Murnau
Industrial Britain - 1931
Man of Aran - 1934
Elephant Boy - 1937
The Land - 1942 -  45-minute documentary made for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Story - 1948.                          
Mother Susan Klockne
Father Robert Henry Flaherty
Wife Frances H. Flaherty                          
Produced and directed the first commercially successful feature length documentary film, Nanook of the North, 1922.                          
Considered as one of the pioneers of documentary film.