David Maysles
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA — Jan 10 1931• Died Jan 03 1987
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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 T…
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David Maysles's Credits
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Directing
Bus Stop
Production
The Prince and the Showgirl
Production
Gimme Shelter
Self
Six American Families
Directing
Grey Gardens
Self (uncredited)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Directing
Meet Marlon Brando
Directing
Muhammad and Larry
Sound
Salesman
Directing
Islands
Directing
Anastasia
Directing
Cut Piece
Directing
Christo's Valley Curtain
Directing
With Love from Truman
Production
Ozawa
Directing
Muhammad and Larry
Directing
Running Fence
Directing
That's Me
Sound
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye
Self (archival)
The Gates
Directing
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Directing
Horowitz: The Last Romantic
Directing
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Directing
Orson Welles in Spain
Directing
Showman
Directing
IBM: A Self Portrait
Directing
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Crew
The Burks of Georgia
Directing
Experiment on 114th Street
Directing
Christo in Paris
Directing
Journey to Jerusalem
Directing
The Maysles Brothers
Wild Blue Yonder
Self (Archive)
The Beales of Grey Gardens
Self