David Maysles

Directing·Jan 10, 1931·Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
The Gates2008 · Director	Director
The Beales of Grey Gardens2006 · Director	Director
Christo in Paris1990 · Director	Director
Islands1987 · Director	Director
Horowitz: The Last Romantic1985 · Director	Director
Ozawa1985 · Director	Director
Muhammad and Larry1980 · Director	Director
Running Fence1977 · Director	Director
Grey Gardens1976 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Burks of Georgia1976 · Director	Director
Christo's Valley Curtain1974 · Director	Director
Gimme Shelter1970 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Salesman1969 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
JJourney to Jerusalem1968 · Director	Director
EExperiment on 114th Street1968 · Director	Director
Meet Marlon Brando1966 · Director	Director
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream1966 · Director	Director
Orson Welles in Spain1966 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
With Love from Truman1966 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Cut Piece1965 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
IIBM: A Self Portrait1964 · Director	Director
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA1964 · Director	Director
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York1964 · Director	Director
Showman1963 · Director	Director
AAnastasia1962 · Director	Director