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Robert J. Flaherty

AKA Robert Joseph Flaherty

Born: 16-Feb-1884
Birthplace: Iron Mountain, MI
Died: 23-Jul-1951
Location of death: Brattleboro, VT
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Nanook of the North

Father: Robert Henry Flaherty
Mother: Susan Klockner
Wife: Frances Hubbard (m. 1914, until his death, three children)

    High School: Upper Canada College
    University: Michigan College of Mines (expelled)

    Expelled from School

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Louisiana Story (28-Sep-1948)
    Elephant Boy (5-Apr-1937)
    Man of Aran (25-Apr-1934)
    Nanook of the North (11-Jun-1922)

Author of books:
My Eskimo Friends (1924)





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