Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles

Known for
Directing
Born
November 26, 1926
Died
March 5, 2015 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Albert Maysles (with his brother David) was an American documentary filmmaker known for his work in the "Direct Cinema" style. Their best-known films together include Salesman (1969), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1975).

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992 poster

Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992

Movie · Director

2015
In Transit poster

In Transit

Movie · Director

2014
Iris poster

Iris

Movie · Director

2013
The Secret of Trees poster

The Secret of Trees

Movie · Director

2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas poster

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Movie · Director

2011
The Love We Make poster

The Love We Make

Movie · Director

2009
Muhammad and Larry poster

Muhammad and Larry

Movie · Director

2009
30 for 30 poster

30 for 30

TV · Director · 1 ep

2008
The Gates poster

The Gates

Movie · Director

2007
Addiction poster

Addiction

Movie · Director

2007
Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!! poster

Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!!

Movie · Director

2006
The Beales of Grey Gardens poster

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Movie · Director

2006
Time Piece

Time Piece

Movie · Director

2005
This Is an Adventure poster

This Is an Adventure

Movie · Director

2001
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton poster

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

Movie · Director

2001
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson poster

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

Movie · Director

1997
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center poster

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center

Movie · Director

1996
Letting Go: A Hospice Journey poster

Letting Go: A Hospice Journey

Movie · Director

1995
Accent on the Offbeat poster

Accent on the Offbeat

Movie · Director

1994
Umbrellas poster

Umbrellas

Movie · Director

1992
Abortion: Desperate Choices poster

Abortion: Desperate Choices

Movie · Director

1991
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit poster

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

Movie · Director

1991
Soldiers of Music poster

Soldiers of Music

Movie · Director

1990
Christo in Paris poster

Christo in Paris

Movie · Director

1990
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

Movie · Director

1987
Horowitz Plays Mozart poster

Horowitz Plays Mozart

Movie · Director

1987
Islands poster

Islands

Movie · Director

1985
Ozawa poster

Ozawa

Movie · Director

1980
Muhammad and Larry poster

Muhammad and Larry

Movie · Director

1977
Running Fence poster

Running Fence

Movie · Director

1977
Six American Families poster

Six American Families

TV · Co-Director · 1 ep

1976
Grey Gardens poster

Grey Gardens

Movie · Director

1976
The Burks of Georgia poster

The Burks of Georgia

Movie · Director

1974
Christo's Valley Curtain poster

Christo's Valley Curtain

Movie · Director

1970
Gimme Shelter poster

Gimme Shelter

Movie · Director

1970
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert poster

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert

Movie · Director

1969
Salesman poster

Salesman

Movie · Director

1968
Experiment on 114th Street

Experiment on 114th Street

Movie · Director

1966
Meet Marlon Brando poster

Meet Marlon Brando

Movie · Director

1966
Orson Welles in Spain poster

Orson Welles in Spain

Movie · Director

1966
With Love from Truman poster

With Love from Truman

Movie · Director

1966
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream poster

Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

Movie · Director

1965
Cut Piece poster

Cut Piece

Movie · Director

1964
IBM: A Self Portrait

IBM: A Self Portrait

Movie · Director

1964
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA poster

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

Movie · Director

1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York poster

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

Movie · Director

1963
Showman poster

Showman

Movie · Director

1962
Anastasia

Anastasia

Movie · Director

1961
Safari Ya Gari

Safari Ya Gari

Movie · Director

1961
Adventures on the New Frontier poster

Adventures on the New Frontier

Movie · Director

1960
ABC Close-Up! poster

ABC Close-Up!

TV · Director · 2 eps

1957
Russian Close-Up poster

Russian Close-Up

Movie · Director

1955
Psychiatry in Russia poster

Psychiatry in Russia

Movie · Director