David Maysles

Known for DirectingBorn 1931-01-10Died 1987-01-03Brookline, 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Six American Families

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

Ozawa

Journey to Jerusalem

That's Me

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Christo in Paris

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

Grey Gardens

Gimme Shelter

Salesman

Islands

POV

Christo's Valley Curtain

Muhammad and Larry

Meet Marlon Brando

Running Fence

Showman

The Gates

Cut Piece

With Love from Truman

The Prince and the Showgirl

Bus Stop

The Maysles Brothers

Orson Welles in Spain

Anastasia

Wild Blue Yonder

Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye

Horowitz: The Last Romantic

Muhammad and Larry

The Burks of Georgia

Experiment on 114th Street

Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

IBM: A Self Portrait

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York