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David Maysles

Director, Producer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born January 10, 1931Died January 3, 1987 (55 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Grey Gardens

Known For

  • Grey Gardens
  • Gimme Shelter
  • Salesman
  • The Beales of Grey Gardens
  • Muhammad and Larry
  • The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
  • Christo's Valley Curtain
  • Christo in Paris
  • Running Fence
  • The Gates
  • Great Performances
  • P.O.V.

David Maysles Filmography

2024
Beatles '64 · as Self
2007
Wild Blue Yonder · as Self (archive)
2006
1985
1975
Grey Gardens · as Self (uncredited)
1970
Gimme Shelter · as Self
1954
Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self

2009
Muhammad and Larry · as Sound
1990
Christo in Paris · as Cinematographer
1987
Islands · as Cinematographer
1985
1977
Running Fence · as Cinematographer
1975
Grey Gardens · as Director Of Photography
1970
Gimme Shelter · as Director Of Photography
1964
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit · as Cinematographer
1963
Showman · as Cinematographer

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