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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. Flaherty from 1914 until his death in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Flaherty is the 228th most popular film director (up from 277th in 2019), the 1,851st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,779th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Film Director.

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Among film directors, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 228 out of 2,041. Before him are Donald P. Bellisario, Mark Robson, Theo van Gogh, David Zucker, Marco Ferreri, and Otar Iosseliani. After him are Guy Ritchie, Julien Duvivier, Ryan Murphy, Richard Donner, Věra Chytilová, and Yılmaz Güney.

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Among people born in 1884, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 43. Before him are Otto Rank, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Étienne Gilson, Antonín Zápotocký, Petru Groza, and Hugo Gernsback. After him are Eugène Tisserant, Maria Spiridonova, Zinaida Serebriakova, Louis B. Mayer, Johan Laidoner, and Empress Teimei. Among people deceased in 1951, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 35. Before him are Soh Jaipil, Ivanoe Bonomi, Élie Cartan, William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, and Choudhry Rahmat Ali. After him are Adam Stefan Sapieha, Andrei Platonov, Willem Mengelberg, Empress Teimei, Princess Hélène of Orléans, and Nikolai Medtner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 1,851 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil Ochs (1940), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Axeman of New Orleans (null), Cyrus West Field (1819), Lee J. Cobb (1911), and Richard S. Hamilton (1943). After him are Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Tecumseh (1768), Viola Davis (1965), George Benson (1943), Susanna Hoffs (1959), and Joe Simon (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert J. Flaherty ranks 67. Before him are Garry Marshall (1934), Chris Columbus (1958), Robert Aldrich (1918), Stanley Kramer (1913), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), and David Zucker (1947). After him are Ryan Murphy (1965), Richard Donner (1930), Nicholas Ray (1911), James Foley (1953), Michael Moore (1954), and Henry Hathaway (1898).

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