David Maysles
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday10 January 1931
Died3 January 1987 (age 55)
Place of birthBrookline, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits35
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 Fi…
Muhammad and Larry
2009 · Sound
The Gates
2008 · Director
Wild Blue Yonder
2007 · Self (Archive)
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Beales of Grey Gardens
2006 · Self
The Beales of Grey Gardens
2006 · Director
Christo in Paris
1990 · Director
Christo in Paris
1990 · Cinematography
Point of View
1988 · Director
Islands
1987 · Director
Horowitz: The Last Romantic
1985 · Director
Ozawa
1985 · Director
Muhammad and Larry
1980 · Director
Running Fence
1977 · Director
Six American Families
1977 · Co-Director
Grey Gardens
1976 · Self (uncredited)
Grey Gardens
1976 · Director
Grey Gardens
1976 · Producer
Grey Gardens
1976 · Director of Photography
The Burks of Georgia
1976 · Director
Christo's Valley Curtain
1974 · Director
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Self
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Director
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Director of Photography
The Maysles Brothers
1969
Salesman
1969 · Director
Salesman
1969 · Producer
Salesman
1969 · Editor
Journey to Jerusalem
1968 · Director
Experiment on 114th Street
1968 · Director
Meet Marlon Brando
1966 · Director
Meet Marlon Brando
1966 · Cinematography
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
1966 · Director
Orson Welles in Spain
1966 · Director
Orson Welles in Spain
1966 · Producer
With Love from Truman
1966 · Producer
With Love from Truman
1966 · Director of Photography
With Love from Truman
1966 · Director
With Love from Truman
1966 · Editor
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965 · Cinematography
Cut Piece
1965 · Director
Cut Piece
1965 · Producer
IBM: A Self Portrait
1964 · Director
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964 · Director
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964 · Director
Showman
1963 · Director
That's Me
1963 · Sound
Anastasia
1962 · Director
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