Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 10, 1931
Died
Jan 03, 1987
Place of Birth
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
35 titles
David Maysles
Biography
Albert (born November 26, 1926, Boston, Massachusetts) and David Maysles (rhymes with "hazels", born 10 January 1932, Boston, Massachusetts) were a documentary filmmaking team whose cinéma vérité works include Salesman (1968), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1976). Their 1964 film on The Beatles forms the backbone of the DVD, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit. Several Maysles films document art projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude over a three-decade period, from 1974 when Christo's Valley Curtain was nominated for an Academy Award to 2005 when The Gates headlined New York's Tribeca Film Festival. David Maysles, the younger brother, died of a stroke on January 3, 1987, in New York. Albert Maysles graduated in 1949 with a BA from Syracuse University and later earned a masters degree at Boston University. Albert has continued to make films on his own since his brother's death. Jean-Luc Godard once called Albert Maysles "the best American cameraman". In 2005 Maysles was given a lifetime achievement award at the Czech film festival AFO (Academia Film Olomouc). He is working on his own autobiographical documentary. In 2005 he founded the Maysles Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides training and apprenticeships to underprivileged individuals. Albert is a patron of Shooting People, a filmmakers' community. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert and David Maysles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Muhammad and Larry
Sound
The Gates
Director
Wild Blue Yonder
Self (Archive)
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
Self (archival)
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Self
Christo in Paris
Director
Point of View
Director
Islands
Director
Ozawa
Director
Horowitz: The Last Romantic
Director
Muhammad and Larry
Director
Running Fence
Director
Six American Families
Co-Director
Grey Gardens
Self (uncredited)
The Burks of Georgia
Director
Christo's Valley Curtain
Director
Gimme Shelter
Self
The Maysles Brothers
Salesman
Director
Journey to Jerusalem
Director
Experiment on 114th Street
Director
Meet Marlon Brando
Director
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Director
Orson Welles in Spain
Producer
With Love from Truman
Producer
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Cinematography
Cut Piece
Producer
IBM: A Self Portrait
Director
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Director
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Director
Showman
Director
That's Me
Sound
Anastasia
Director
The Prince and the Showgirl
Producer's Assistant
Bus Stop
Producer's Assistant