Robert J. Flaherty (1884 - 1951)

American filmmaker, maker of the first commercially successfull feature length documentary.

* February 16, 1884 Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
 as Robert Joseph Flaherty
 July 23, 1951 Brattleboro, Vermont, USA


Vintage magazines

Photoplay, May 1928
Photoplay, May 1928
Photoplay, August 1928

Photoplay, December 1928


Books with substantial mentioning of Robert J. Flaherty

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on Robert J. Flaherty

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Films

1922
Nanook of the North

1926
Moana

1928
White Shadows in the South Seas

1931
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1934
Man of Aran

1937
Elephant Boy

1942
The Land

1948
Louisiana Story

1949
Passione secondo S. Matteo

1950
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

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