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 US Visit Several Maysles films document art projects by Christo and JeanneClaude over a threedecade period from 1974 when Christos Valley Curtain was nominated for an Academy Award to 2005 when The Gates headlined New Yorks 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 brothers death JeanLuc 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia