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| Film credits |
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| NANOOK OF THE NORTH | US, 1922 | director; script; photography |
| STORY OF A POTTER | US, 1925 | director |
| THE TWENTY FOUR DOLLAR ISLAND | US, 1925 | director; script; photography |
| MOANA - A ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE / MOANA / THE SEA | US, 1926 | director; producer; screenplay and titles; photography; editor |
| WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS / SOUTHERN SKIES | US, 1928 | original co-director (uncredited); screenplay |
| INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN | 1931 | director; producer; photography |
| TABU A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS / TABU | US, 1931 | producer; screenplay; original idea and story; photography (uncredited); narrator |
| THE COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN | 1933 | advisor (uncredited) |
| MAN OF ARAN | 1934 | co-photographer; script; photography |
| OIDHCHE SHEANCHAIS / OICHE SEANACHAIDE / A NIGHT OF STORYTELLING / THE STORYTELLER | UK/Eire, 1935 | director |
| ELEPHANT BOY | 1937 | director |
| THE LAND | US, 1942 | director [as Robert J. Flaherty]; narrator (uncredited) |
| WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SUGAR? | US, 1945 | producer |
| LOUISIANA STORY / THE CHRISTMAS TREE | US, 1948 | director; screenplay |
| ST. MATTHEW PASSION | Austria, 1951 | commentary writer; editor; narrator |
| THE LOUISIANA STORY STUDY FILM | US, 1960 | director |
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| Television credits |
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| CAUTION! IMAGES AT WORK | Channel 4 tx 15/11/1982 | subject of film |
