From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAlbert (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), GimmeShelter (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-Claudeover a three-decade period, from 1974 when Christos Valley Curtain wasnominated 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. Jean-Luc Godard once called AlbertMaysles the best American cameraman. In 2005 Maysles was given a lifetime achievement award at the Czech film festival AFO (Academia FilmOlomouc). He is working on his own autobiographical documentary.In2005 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.Descriptionabove from the Wikipedia article Albert and David Maysles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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