David Maysles
Known for
Directing
Born
January 10, 1931
Birthplace
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died
January 3, 1987 (aged 55)
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 Film Festival.
David Maysles, the younger brother, died of a stroke on January 3, 1987, in New York....
Best known work
Grey Gardens
1976
Bus Stop
1956
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
Gimme Shelter
1970
Salesman
1969
The Beales of Grey Gardens
2006
Muhammad and Larry
2009
Meet Marlon Brando
1966
POV
1988
Christo's Valley Curtain
1974Filmography
2009
Muhammad and LarrySound
2008
The GatesDirector
2007
Wild Blue Yonderas Self (Archive)
2006
Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eyeas Self (archive footage)
2006
The Beales of Grey Gardensas Self, Director
1990
Christo in ParisDirector, Cinematography
1988
1987
IslandsDirector
1985
Horowitz: The Last RomanticDirector
1985
OzawaDirector
1980
Muhammad and LarryDirector
1977
Running FenceDirector
1977
1976
Grey Gardensas Self (uncredited), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
1976
The Burks of GeorgiaDirector
1974
Christo's Valley CurtainDirector
1970
Gimme Shelteras Self, Director, Director of Photography
1969
1969
SalesmanDirector, Editor, Producer
1968
Journey to JerusalemDirector
1968
Experiment on 114th StreetDirector
1966
Meet Marlon BrandoDirector, Cinematography
1966
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic DreamDirector
1966
Orson Welles in SpainProducer, Director
1966
With Love from TrumanProducer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director