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Personal Info

Birth date

1931-01-10 (94 Years)

Day of death

1987-01-03

Gender

Male

Known for

Directing

Place of birth

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as

데이빗 메이즐스
데이비드 메이즐스
데이비드 메이슬리스
데이빗 메이슬리스

David Maysles

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Filmography

Acting

2007Wild Blue Yonder as Self (Archive)

2006Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye as Self (archival)

2006The Beales of Grey Gardens as Self

1976Grey Gardens as Self (uncredited)

1970Gimme Shelter as Self

1969The Maysles Brothers as Unknown

Sound

2009Muhammad and Larry ... Sound

Directing

2008The Gates ... Director

2006The Beales of Grey Gardens ... Director

1990Christo in Paris ... Director

1988POV (1 Episode) ... Director

1987Islands ... Director

1985Horowitz: The Last Romantic ... Director

1985Ozawa ... Director

1980Muhammad and Larry ... Director

1977Running Fence ... Director

1977Six American Families (1 Episode) ... Co-Director

1976Grey Gardens ... Director

1976The Burks of Georgia ... Director

1974Christo's Valley Curtain ... Director

1970Gimme Shelter ... Director

1969Salesman ... Director

1968Journey to Jerusalem ... Director

1968Experiment on 114th Street ... Director

1966Meet Marlon Brando ... Director

1966Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream ... Director

1966Orson Welles in Spain ... Director

1966With Love from Truman ... Director

1965Cut Piece ... Director

1964IBM: A Self Portrait ... Director

1964What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA ... Director

1964Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York ... Director

1963Showman ... Director

1962Anastasia ... Director

Crew

1990Christo in Paris ... Cinematography

1966Meet Marlon Brando ... Cinematography

Production

1976Grey Gardens ... Producer

1969Salesman ... Producer

1966Orson Welles in Spain ... Producer

1966With Love from Truman ... Producer

1965Cut Piece ... Producer

Camera

1976Grey Gardens ... Director of Photography

1970Gimme Shelter ... Director of Photography

1966With Love from Truman ... Director of Photography

Editing

1969Salesman ... Editor

1966With Love from Truman ... Editor