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person_profile-David Maysles

David Maysles Died at age: 55

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

David Maysles

Date of Birth:

Jan 10, 1931

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 03, 1987

Biography of

David Maysles

    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.

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Filmography of

David Maysles

Found 12 Movies in total

The Gates

Director

... 2008

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Self ( Actor )

Director

... 2006

Christo in Paris

Cinematography

... 1990

Islands

Director

... 1987

... 1985

Ozawa

Director

... 1985

... 1977

Grey Gardens

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director Of Photography

... 1976

Gimme Shelter

Self ( Actor )

Director Of Photography

... 1970

Salesman

Editor

... 1969

... 1964

Showman

Director

... 1963