David Maysles

Biography

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 organiza…

Directed

1. Grey Gardens (1976) — Director
2. Gimme Shelter (1970) — Director
3. Salesman (1969) — Director
4. The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) — Director
5. Point of View (1988) — Director
6. Meet Marlon Brando (1966) — Director
7. Christo's Valley Curtain (1974) — Director
8. With Love from Truman (1966) — Director
9. The Gates (2008) — Director
10. Islands (1987) — Director
11. Running Fence (1977) — Director
12. Christo in Paris (1990) — Director
13. What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964) — Director
14. Showman (1963) — Director
15. Orson Welles in Spain (1966) — Director
16. Ozawa (1985) — Director
17. Journey to Jerusalem (1968) — Director
18. Cut Piece (1965) — Director
19. Anastasia (1962) — Director
20. Muhammad and Larry (1980) — Director
21. The Burks of Georgia (1976) — Director
22. IBM: A Self Portrait (1964) — Director
23. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York (1964) — Director
24. Experiment on 114th Street (1968) — Director
25. Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream (1966) — Director
26. Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Grey Gardens (1976) — Self (uncredited)
2. Gimme Shelter (1970) — Self
3. The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006) — Self
4. The Maysles Brothers (1969)
5. Wild Blue Yonder (2007) — Self (Archive)
6. Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye (2006) — Self (archival)