Robert J. Flaherty |
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Rođenje | Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-02-16)16. 2. 1884. Iron Mountain, Michigan, SAD |
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Smrt | 23. 7. 1951. (dob: 67) Dummerston, Vermont, SAD |
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Supružnik | Frances Johnson Hubbard (1914–Greška izraza: Neočekivani < operator) (njegova smrt) |
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Partner | Nyla, 1 dijete |
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Djeca | 3 |
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Zanimanje | sinast |
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Djelatni period | 1913 - 1951 |
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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.
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.
(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.