Portrait of Robert Flaherty

Directing

Robert Flaherty

Career

Active from 1916 to 1950, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Flaherty Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.0, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 4
  • Silent Film 3
  • Political Commentary 3
  • Historical Insight 2
  • American History 2
  • Robert Flaherty 2
  • Visual Poetry 2
  • Propaganda Film 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Early Documentary 2
  • Inuit Culture 2
  • Historical Significance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title ยท average score 64
A Letter to Freddy Buache
A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

In Memory Of

1950s

1 title
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)

Producer, Director

1940s

7 titles ยท average score 67
Guernica
Guernica (1949)

Director

Louisiana Story
Louisiana Story (1948)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Producer

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

It's All True
It's All True (1943)

Original Story

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
GoodWatch score 61

Cinematography, Director of Photography

The Land
The Land (1942)

as Narrator (voice)

1930s

6 titles ยท average score 81
Elephant Boy
Elephant Boy (1937)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

A Night of Storytelling
A Night of Storytelling (1935)

Director, Director of Photography

Man of Aran
Man of Aran (1934)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Writer

The English Potter
The English Potter (1933)

Director

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
GoodWatch score 82

Producer, Screenplay

Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain (1931)

Director of Photography, Director

1920s

5 titles ยท average score 71
White Shadows in the South Seas
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
GoodWatch score 56

Co-Director

Twenty-Four Dollar Island
Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1927)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer, Editor

Moana
Moana (1926)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

The Pottery Maker
The Pottery Maker (1925)

Director

Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North (1922)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography, Writer

1910s

1 title
The Eskimo
The Eskimo (1916)

Director