David Maysles

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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 Univ...show more
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Date of Birth
Jan 10, 1931
Place of Birth
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Death
Jan 03, 1987
Age
55
Known For
Directing
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Movie Credits

Gimme Shelter
1970
Self, Director, Director of Photography
Grey Gardens
1976
Self (uncredited), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Salesman
1969
Director, Producer, Editor
The Gates
2008
Director
With Love from Truman
1966
Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer
Islands
1987
Director
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
Director
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TV Show Credits

Six American Families
Co-Director
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