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FILM DIRECTOR

Robert J. Flaherty

1884 - 1951

Robert J. Flaherty

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 318,009 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Flaherty is the 217th most popular film director (up from 238th in 2019), the 1,456th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,564th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Film Director.

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320k
Page Views (PV)
59.59
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
7.52
Effective Languages (L*)
2.58
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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 217 out of 1,581. Before him are Cecil B. DeMille, Thea von Harbou, Alfonso Cuarón, Theo van Gogh, Mario Bava, and Marco Ferreri. After him are Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant, Joseph Losey, Anatole Litvak, Terence Young, and Douglas Sirk.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Cecil B. DeMille
1881 - 1959
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 211
Thea von Harbou
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 212
Alfonso Cuarón
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 213
Theo van Gogh
1957 - 2004
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 214
Mario Bava
1914 - 1980
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 215
Marco Ferreri
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 216
Robert J. Flaherty
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 217
Spike Lee
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 218
Gus Van Sant
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 219
Joseph Losey
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 220
Anatole Litvak
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 221
Terence Young
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 222
Douglas Sirk
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 223

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 40. Before him are Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Étienne Gilson, and Petru Groza. After him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Empress Teimei, Louis B. Mayer, Hugo Gernsback, Antonín Zápotocký, and Zinaida Serebriakova. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 29. Before him are Harald Bohr, William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Ivanoe Bonomi, Charles G. Dawes, and Óscar Carmona. After him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Empress Teimei, Andrei Platonov, Willem Mengelberg, Élie Cartan, and Émile Chartier.

Others Born in 1884

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Panait Istrati
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 34
Otto Rank
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 36
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 37
Étienne Gilson
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 38
Petru Groza
1884 - 1958
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 39
Robert J. Flaherty
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 40
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 41
Empress Teimei
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 42
Louis B. Mayer
1884 - 1957
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 43
Hugo Gernsback
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 44
Antonín Zápotocký
1884 - 1957
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 45
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 - 1967
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 46