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David Maysles

David Maysles

Known for
Directing
Born
January 10, 1931, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died
January 3, 1987
Movies
31

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.

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

2007Wild Blue YonderSelf (Archive)
2006Albert Maysles: The Poetic EyeSelf (archive footage)
2006The Beales of Grey GardensSelf
1976Grey GardensSelf (uncredited)
1970Gimme ShelterSelf
1969The Maysles Brothers

Directing, Writing & Producing

2008The GatesDirector
2006The Beales of Grey GardensDirector
1990Christo in ParisDirector
1987IslandsDirector
1985Horowitz: The Last RomanticDirector
1985OzawaDirector
1980Muhammad and LarryDirector
1977Running FenceDirector
1976Grey GardensDirector, Producer
1976The Burks of GeorgiaDirector
1974Christo's Valley CurtainDirector
1970Gimme ShelterDirector
1969SalesmanDirector, Producer
1968Journey to JerusalemDirector
1968Experiment on 114th StreetDirector
1966Meet Marlon BrandoDirector
1966Salvador Dalí's Fantastic DreamDirector
1966Orson Welles in SpainProducer, Director
1966With Love from TrumanProducer, Director
1965Cut PieceProducer, Director
1964IBM: A Self PortraitDirector
1964What's Happening! The Beatles in the USADirector
1964Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New YorkDirector
1963ShowmanDirector
1962AnastasiaDirector

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