Robert Flaherty
Nacimiento : 1884-02-16, Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA
Muerte : 1951-07-23
Historia
Robert Joseph Flaherty, FRGS (/ˈflæ.ərti, ˈflɑː-/; 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.
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Producer
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations.
Director
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations.
Director
Put together from the pictorial space in the artwork. Flaherty was commissioned by MoMA and subsequently filmed Guernica, disregarding any external reference to the painting.
Screenplay
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Producer
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Director
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Director of Photography
Documental que muestra el enfrentamiento entre la Unión Soviética y la Alemania nazi en la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Quinto documental propagandístico de la serie "Why We Fight".
Director of Photography
Documental propagandístico de la serie "Why We Fight", que fue producida por el ejército de los Estados Unidos. Muestra las causas de la guerra, quiénes son los enemigos y por qué hay que luchar contra ellos.
Director of Photography
Primero de una serie de documentales conocidos por "Why We Fight", que fueron producidos por el ejército de los Estados Unidos. Muestra las causas de la guerra, quiénes son los enemigos y por qué hay que combatirlos.
Director of Photography
Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression.
Writer
Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression.
Narrator (voice)
Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression.
Director
Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression.
Director
Tras la muerte de su padre, el joven Toomai se queda muy solo y apenado. Su única compañía es su querido elefante Kia Nag. Con su ayuda, Toomai tendrá que enfrentarse a los terribles peligros y misterios que esconde la selva.
Director of Photography
A well known storyteller, Tomas O' Diorain tells tales of the sea around a fire in an old Irish cottage. His storytelling is juxtaposed with images of the sea. This film, thought lost was rediscovered by Houghton Library curators during a cataloging update in 2013.
Director
A well known storyteller, Tomas O' Diorain tells tales of the sea around a fire in an old Irish cottage. His storytelling is juxtaposed with images of the sea. This film, thought lost was rediscovered by Houghton Library curators during a cataloging update in 2013.
Director of Photography
Documental sobre la vida cotidiana de los habitantes de las islas de Aran. Muestra la lucha diaria por la supervivencia, el enfrentamiento entre el hombre y la naturaleza y, sobre todo, la dureza del trabajo en la mar, realizado por unos hombres que consideran que morir ahogado es el tributo obligatorio que hay que pagar al monstruo del mar. Se centra en las tareas cotidianas de una familia de isleños: hacer hoyos en la roca viva y llenarlos con tierra para poder plantar en ellos sus escasos cultivos, la recolección y transporte de algas, la salida de los hombres al mar, el sufrimiento y la constante amenaza de peligros y privaciones.
Writer
Documental sobre la vida cotidiana de los habitantes de las islas de Aran. Muestra la lucha diaria por la supervivencia, el enfrentamiento entre el hombre y la naturaleza y, sobre todo, la dureza del trabajo en la mar, realizado por unos hombres que consideran que morir ahogado es el tributo obligatorio que hay que pagar al monstruo del mar. Se centra en las tareas cotidianas de una familia de isleños: hacer hoyos en la roca viva y llenarlos con tierra para poder plantar en ellos sus escasos cultivos, la recolección y transporte de algas, la salida de los hombres al mar, el sufrimiento y la constante amenaza de peligros y privaciones.
Director
Documental sobre la vida cotidiana de los habitantes de las islas de Aran. Muestra la lucha diaria por la supervivencia, el enfrentamiento entre el hombre y la naturaleza y, sobre todo, la dureza del trabajo en la mar, realizado por unos hombres que consideran que morir ahogado es el tributo obligatorio que hay que pagar al monstruo del mar. Se centra en las tareas cotidianas de una familia de isleños: hacer hoyos en la roca viva y llenarlos con tierra para poder plantar en ellos sus escasos cultivos, la recolección y transporte de algas, la salida de los hombres al mar, el sufrimiento y la constante amenaza de peligros y privaciones.
Director
A short, silent documentary by Robert J. Flaherty about pottery in England.
Director of Photography
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
Producer
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
Director
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
Screenplay
Última película de Murnau, que empezó como una colaboración para escribir y dirigir conjuntamente con el famoso documentalista Robert J. Flaherty, aunque por diversos problemas sólo la firmó Murnau. Rodada en Tahití y Bora-Bora retrata en forma casi de documental, al igual que "Nanook of the North" hacía con los esquimales, las costumbres y modo de vida de la gente del pacífico sur.
Producer
Última película de Murnau, que empezó como una colaboración para escribir y dirigir conjuntamente con el famoso documentalista Robert J. Flaherty, aunque por diversos problemas sólo la firmó Murnau. Rodada en Tahití y Bora-Bora retrata en forma casi de documental, al igual que "Nanook of the North" hacía con los esquimales, las costumbres y modo de vida de la gente del pacífico sur.
Co-Director
En una isla polinesia, un médico alcohólico, profundamente disgustado por la explotación de los nativos a manos de los blancos, se encuentra a sí mismo abandonado en una isla paradisíaca.
Director of Photography
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
Editor
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
Producer
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
Director
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
Director of Photography
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
Editor
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
Producer
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
Screenplay
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
Director
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
Director
A little girl watches the craftsman at work while inter-titles explain the particulars of pottery-making.
Writer
Documental sobre la dura vida de los esquimales que viven en la región de Hudson, Canadá. (FILMAFFINITY)
Editor
Documental sobre la dura vida de los esquimales que viven en la región de Hudson, Canadá. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director of Photography
Documental sobre la dura vida de los esquimales que viven en la región de Hudson, Canadá. (FILMAFFINITY)
Producer
Documental sobre la dura vida de los esquimales que viven en la región de Hudson, Canadá. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Documental sobre la dura vida de los esquimales que viven en la región de Hudson, Canadá. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Illustrated travel lecture directed by Robert J. Flaherty, composed of film shot during his time with the Inuit in 1914-1915. After enthusiastic reception, the entire film stock was burned in an accident in 1916 leaving this a lost film. Soon after, Flaherty would return to the Inuit to reimagine his project as Nanook of the North (1922).
