David Maysles

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-01-10 (56 years old)

Deathday

1987-01-03

Place of Birth

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

David Maysles

Biography

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...

Acting

1970

1976

Grey Gardens

as Self (uncredited)

2007

Wild Blue Yonder

as Self (Archive)

2006

Production

1970

Gimme Shelter

as Director of Photography

1970

Gimme Shelter

as Director

1969

Salesman

as Director

1976

Grey Gardens

as Director of Photography

1976

Grey Gardens

as Director

1976

Grey Gardens

as Producer

1966

1968

1987

Islands

as Director

1990

Christo in Paris

as Director

1977

Running Fence

as Director

1963

Showman

as Director

1966

1966

1966

With Love from Truman

as Director of Photography

1965

Cut Piece

as Producer

1966

1965

Cut Piece

as Director

1966

2009

1980

1966

Meet Marlon Brando

as Cinematography

2008

The Gates

as Director

1976

1964

1990

Christo in Paris

as Cinematography

1962

Anastasia

as Director

1985

Ozawa

as Director

1969

Salesman

as Producer

1969

Salesman

as Editor

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