Robert J. Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty, FRGS (16. februar 1884 - 23. jul 1951) bio je američki sineast koji se smatra pionirom dokumentarnog filma, odnosno umjetnikom koji najzaslužnijim za razvoj dokumentarca kao posebnog filmskog žanra. Njegov prvi, najpoznatiji i komercijalno najuspješniji film je Nanook sa Sjevera iz 1922. godine, koji prikazuje život Inuita na kanadskom Arktiku, a koji je u mnogo čemu potakao stvaranje tzv. etnografskog filma.

Robert J. Flaherty
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-02-16)16. 2. 1884. Iron Mountain, Michigan, SAD
Smrt	23. 7. 1951. (dob: 67) Dummerston, Vermont, SAD
Supružnik	Frances Johnson Hubbard (1914–) (njegova smrt)
Partner	Nyla, 1 dijete
Djeca	3
Profesionalne informacije
Zanimanje	sinast
Opus
Djelatni period	1913 - 1951
Znamenita djela
Nanook of the North
Nagrade Oscar za najbolji dokumentarni film 1951 'The Titan: Story of Michelangelo'

Flaherty je od 1914. bio u braku sa Frances Hubbard koja je s njim kasnije surađivala na izradi filmova. Zajedno su imali troje djece. Flaherty je, prema navodima biografa, imao i sina sa Nylom, Inuitkinjom sa kojom je živio na Arktiku za vrijeme snimanja Nanooka.

Godine 1994. je u kanadskom filmu Kabloonak, posvećenom snimanju njegovog najpoznatijeg filma, njegov lik tumačio britanski glumac Charles Dance.

Filmografija

• Nanook of the North (1922)
• The Pottery Maker (1925)
• Moana (1926)
• The Twenty-four Dollar Island (1927) kratki
• White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
• Acoma the Sky City (1929; nedovršen)
• Tabu (1931); ko-scenarist: F. W. Murnau
• Industrial Britain (1931)
• Man of Aran (1934)
• Elephant Boy (1937)
• The Land (1942) 45-minutni dokumentarac za američko Ministarstvo poljoprivrede
• Louisiana Story (1948)
• The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)

Nagrade

• BAFTA presents the Robert J. Flaherty Award for best one-off documentary.
• Oscar za najbolji dokumentarni film The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
• 1913, članstvo u Royal Geographical Society

Literatura

•   (August 1922). „How I Filmed "Nanook Of The North": Adventures With The Eskimos To Get Pictures Of Their Home Life And Their Battles With Nature To Get Food.”. The World's Work: A History of Our Time XLIV: 553–560. Pristupljeno 2009-08-04. 
•   (September 1922). „Life Among The Eskimos: The Difficulties And Hardships Of The Arctic. how Motion Pictures Were Secured of Nanook Of The North And His Hardy And Generous People”. The World's Work: A History of Our Time XLIV: 632–640. Pristupljeno 2009-08-04. 
• Frances H. Flaherty, The Odyssey of a Filmmaker: Robert Flaherty's Story (Urbana, IL: Beta Phi Mu, 1960). Beta Phi Mu chapbook no. 4
• 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: G. K. Hall and Company, 1978)
• Paul Rotha, Flaherty: A Biography (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984)
• Barsam, Richard, The Vision of Robert Flaherty: The Artist As Myth and Filmmaker (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988)
• Christopher, Robert J., Robert & Frances Flaherty: A Documentary Life 1883-1922 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005)
• McGrath, Melanie, The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic. ISBN 0-00-715796-7 (London: Fourth Estate, 2006). ISBN 1-4000-4047-7 (New York: Random House, 2007). The story of forced removal of Inuit peoples in Canada in 1953, including Flaherty's illegitimate Inuit son Josephie.

Vanjske veze

• Robert J. Flaherty na sajtu IMDb
• Robert Flaherty biography and credits na Screenonlineu Britanskog filmskog instituta
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
• Revisiting Flaherty's Louisiana Story Arhivirano 2012-12-11 na Archive.is-u
• Hand drawn map by an Inuk man named Wetalltok given to Flaherty in 1919
• Literature on Robert J. Flaherty