Person Details

Birthday: 1931-01-10 15:08:29

Death: 1987-01-03 15:08:29

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert and David Maysles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Gimme Shelter
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7

Gimme Shelter

(1970) Director
Grey Gardens
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7

Grey Gardens

(1976) Producer
Salesman
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7

Salesman

(1969) Producer
Muhammad and Larry
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6

Muhammad and Larry

(2009) Sound
The Beales of Grey Gardens
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7

The Beales of Grey Gardens

(2006) Director
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
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0
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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0
With Love from Truman
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6

With Love from Truman

(1966) Producer

Acting

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Sound
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1990 Cinematography
1966 Cinematography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
1976 Director of Photography
1970 Director of Photography
1966 Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1969 Editor
1966 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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