Robert J. Flaherty

American documentary filmmaker (1884-1951)

Robert Joseph Flaherty 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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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 23 films (1922–1977) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1922	Nanook of the north	Films	0:51:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1922	Nanook of the North	Robert J. Flaherty	78 min	16mm	B&W
1922	Nanook of the north.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	1796	16mm	B&W	sound
1922	Nanook Of The North.	Robert J. Flaherty	50 min.	35mm	B&W	silent
1926	Moana.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	7 reels	16mm	B&W
1927	Twenty Four Dollar Island	Robert J. Flaherty	12 min		B&W
1934	Man of Aran	CRM/McGraw-Hill Films: Publisher \| Gainsborough Pictures Ltd: Presenter \| Gainsborough Studios: With the Cooperation of \| Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor \| Texture Films	1:17:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	Man of Aran	Robert J. Flaherty	77 min		B&W
1934	MAN OF ARAN.	Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America	8 reels		B&W
1937	Elephant boy	Zoltan Korda, Robert J. Flaherty	80 min		Color & B&W
1937	ELEPHANT BOY	Zoltan Korda, Robert J. Flaherty	80 min		Color & B&W
1937	Elephant boy.	Zoltan Korda, Robert J. Flaherty	80	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Prelude to War ▶	U S War Dept	52 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	The Battle of Russia ▶	FDR Presidential Library	83 min	16mm/video file	B&W
1943	The Battle of China ▶	National Archives and Records Administration	65 min	16mm/video file	B&W
1943	The Battle of Russia	Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak	83 min		B&W
1943	The Nazis Strike ▶	U S War Dept	13:50	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	The Battle of China	U. S. War Department	1:07:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	The Battle of China	Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra	65 min		B&W
1944	The Battle of Russia	National Audiovisual Center	80	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	Louisiana Story	Robert Flaherty	77 1:17:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	Louisiana Story.	Robert J. Flaherty	77 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1977	Nanook of the North	a Films Incorporated presentation ; a film by Robert J. Flaherty.	66	16mm	B&W	sound