Who is the father of documentary film?

The world’s “Father of Documentary Film” is Robert Flaherty

Robert J. Flaherty (American, documentary director)

Born on February 16, 1884 in Iron Mountain, Michigan and died on July 23, 1951 in New York. He graduated from the Michigan School of Mines and worked in exploration in the far north of North America. He began making amateur films around 1913. Known as the "Father of World Documentary Films"

1920-1922: "Nanook the Arctic Man" (screenplay and photography: Flaherty). 1923-1926: "Moana" (screenplay and cinematography: Flaherty). 1925: "The Story of a Potter's Worker", "Twenty-Four Dollar Island". 1927-1928: "White Shadows in the South Sea" (Screenwriters: Flaherty and R. Doyle, Director: Van Dyke, Main Actors: M. Blu, L. Toles. Flaherty did not wait. He left after filming, so he is not credited in the film). 1928-1931: "Taboo" (adapted from Flaherty's original work, screenwriters: Murnau and Flaherty, photography: F. Crosby, director: Murnau, main actors: Reilly and Mattahi ). Went to Europe in 1931. 1932 (in Britain): "Industrial Britain" (photography: Flaherty, editing: Grierson). 1932-1934 (in Britain): "The Islanders" (director and cinematographer: Flaherty, screenwriter: Robert Francis and David Flaherty). 1935-1937: Assisted Zoltan Korda in the filming of "The Elephant Boy". 1939-1942 (in the United States): "The Land" (screenplay and photography: Flaherty, the film was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, but has not been released due to its too pessimistic content).

1948: "The Louisiana Story"