Flaherty, Robert (Joseph) (1884–1951)
US film director. He was one of the pioneers of documentary film-making. He exerted great influence through his pioneer documentary of Inuit life, Nanook of the North (1922), a critical and commercial success.
Later films include Moana (1926), a South Seas documentary; Man of Aran (1934), Elephant Boy (1936), The Land (1942), and the Standard Oil-sponsored Louisiana Story (1948). Critics subsequently raised questions about the truthfulness of his documentary method, which also employed dramatic techniques.
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