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David Maysles
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Albert (born November 26, 1926, Boston, Massachusetts) and David Maysles (rhymes with "hazels", born 10 January 1932, Boston, Massachusetts) were a documentary filmmaking team who…
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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.
Filmography
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2009
Muhammad and Larry
Movie Sound
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2008
The Gates
Movie Director
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2007
Wild Blue Yonder
Movie Self (Archive)
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2006
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Movie Self
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1990
Christo in Paris
Movie Director
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1988
Point of View
TV show Director
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1987
Islands
Movie Director
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1985
Ozawa
Movie Director
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1985
Horowitz: The Last Romantic
Movie Director
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1980
Muhammad and Larry
Movie Director
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1977
Running Fence
Movie Director
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1977
Six American Families
TV show Co-Director
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1976
Grey Gardens
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1976
The Burks of Georgia
Movie Director
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1974
Christo's Valley Curtain
Movie Director
More credits
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1970
Gimme Shelter
Movie Self
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1969
The Maysles Brothers
Movie
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1969
Salesman
Movie Director
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1968
Journey to Jerusalem
Movie Director
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1968
Experiment on 114th Street
Movie Director
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1966
Meet Marlon Brando
Movie Director
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1966
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Movie Director
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1966
Orson Welles in Spain
Movie Producer
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1966
With Love from Truman
Movie Producer
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1965
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Movie Cinematography
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1965
Cut Piece
Movie Producer
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1964
IBM: A Self Portrait
Movie Director
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1964
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Movie Director
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1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Movie Director
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1963
Showman
Movie Director
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1963
That's Me
Movie Sound
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1962
Anastasia
Movie Director
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1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
Movie Producer's Assistant
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1956
Bus Stop
Movie Producer's Assistant
