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Robert J. Flaherty


 

Robert Joseph Flaherty (February 16, 1884, Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States - July 23, 1951, Dummerston, Vermont) was a filmmaker who directed and produced the first feature length documentary film (Nanook of the North) in 1922.

Further Readings

  • Calder-Marshall, Arthur, The innocent eye; the life of Robert J. Flaherty. Based on research material by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright, New York, Harcourt, Brace & World 1966
  • Murphy, William Thomas, Robert Flaherty ; A guide to references and resources, Boston, Mass.: Hall, 1978
  • Paul Rotha, Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography, Univ of Pennsylvania Press 1984
  • Richard Barsam, The Vision of Robert Flaherty: The Artist As Myth and Filmmaker, Indiana University Press 1988
  • Robert J. Christopher, Robert & Frances Flaherty: A Documentary Life, 1883-1922, McGill-Queen's University Press 2005