FILM DIRECTOR

Robert J. Flaherty

1884 - 1951

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Robert Joseph Flaherty, (; 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. Flaherty was married to writer Frances H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert J. Flaherty has received more than 366,358 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Flaherty is the 277th most popular film director (down from 218th in 2019), the 1,779th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,456th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 277 out of 2,041. Before him are Martin Campbell, Leonid Gaidai, Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, Denis Villeneuve, and Elem Klimov. After him are Jerzy Stuhr, Zack Snyder, John Schlesinger, Adrian Lyne, Ub Iwerks, and Cecil B. DeMille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 54. Before him are Princess Helen of Serbia, Louis B. Mayer, Béla Balázs, Halide Edib Adıvar, Johan Laidoner, and Gustave Garrigou. After him are Clark L. Hull, Henri Cornet, Georges Duhamel, Drastamat Kanayan, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and Gaston Aumoitte. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 40. Before him are Émile Chartier, Erich Naumann, Élie Cartan, Willem Mengelberg, Kijūrō Shidehara, and Fritz Thyssen. After him are François Georges-Picot, Ernst von Weizsäcker, Nikolai Medtner, Artur Schnabel, Ali Sami Yen, and Soh Jaipil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 1,779 out of 20,380. Before him are Clement Greenberg (1909), Elizabeth George (1949), Donna Reed (1921), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Frank Wilczek (1951), and Asa Gray (1810). After him are Ian Somerhalder (1978), Spiro Agnew (1918), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Sterling Hayden (1916), Clark L. Hull (1884), and William Walker (1824).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 70. Before him are John Sturges (1910), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Richard Fleischer (1916), Robert Aldrich (1918), John Frankenheimer (1930), and Joseph Losey (1909). After him are Zack Snyder (1966), Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), Sam Raimi (1959), and Spike Lee (1957).

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