Albert Maysles Biography (1926?-)

Surname pronounced "MAY-zuls"; born Albert H. Maysles, November 26, 1926 (some sources say 1933), in Boston, MA (some sources say Brookline, MA); son of Philip and Ethel (a schoolteacher; maiden name, Epstein) Maysles; brother of David Maysles (a documentary filmmaker; died, 1987); married Gillian Walker, September 14, 1976; children: Rebekah, Philip, Sara. Addresses: Contact: Maysles Films, Inc., 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Documentary filmmaker, director, cinematographer, writer
Birth Details: 1926?; Boston, Massachusetts

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, producer, and cinematographer, Psychiatry in Russia, 1955
Director, Youth in Poland, 1957
Director and cinematographer, Primary, 1960
Cinematographer, Yanki No!, 1960
Director and producer (both with brother, David Maysles, and others) andcinematographer, Showman, Maysles Films, 1963
Director and producer (both with D. Maysles), What's Happening: The Beatles in the USA, Maysles Films, 1964
Cinematographer, Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland, 1965
Director and cinematographer, Meet Marlon Brando, 1966
Director and cinematographer, A Visit with Truman Capote (also known as With Love from Truman), 1966
Cinematographer, "Montparnasse-Levallois," Six in Paris (also known as Paris vu par ...), New Yorker, 1968
Director and producer (both with D. Maysles) and cinematographer, Salesman, Maysles Films, 1968
Cinematographer, Monterey Pop, 1968
Cinematographer and director (with D. Maysles), Gimme Shelter, Maysles Films, 1970
Director and producer (both with D. Maysles), and cinematographer, Grey Gardens, Maysles Films, 1974
Director (with D. Maysles), cinematographer, and producer, Christo's Valley Curtain, Maysles Films, 1974
Director (with D. Maysles), La pupa del gangster, Maysles Films, 1974
Cinematographer, The Grateful Dead, Maysles Films, 1977
Producer and director (both with D. Maysles) and cinematographer, Running Fence, Maysles Films, 1978
Director, Muhammad and Larry, 1980
Director (with D. Maysles) and cinematographer, Vladimir Horowitz, TheLast Romantic, Maysles Films, 1985
Director (with D. Maysles) and cinematographer, Islands, Maysles Films, 1986
Cinematographer, Jimi Plays Monterey, 1986

Director, Jessye Norman Sings Carmen, 1988
Director (with Susan Froemke and Henry Corra) and cinematographer, Christo in Paris, Maysles Films, 1990
Director (with Corra and Grahame Weinbren) and cinematographer, Umbrellas, Berlin International Film Festival, 1994
Cinematographer, When We Were Kings, Gramercy, 1996
Cinematographer, Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin (also known as Dem Deutschen Volke and Verhuellter Reichstag 1971-1995), Ventura Film, 1996
Director and cinematographer, Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center, Maysles Films, 1998
Additional photographer, On Common Ground, 2001
Director and cinematographer, LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, Maysles Films, 2001
Film Appearances
Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment (also known as Cinema verite--Le moment decisif), National Film Board of Canada, 1999
Television Work
Specials
Director (with David Maysles) and cinematographer, Ozawa, PBS, 1987
Director and cinematographer, Horowitz Plays Mozart, PBS, 1988
Director and executive producer, James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, PBS, 1989
Director and producer, Sports Illustrated: The Making of the SwimsuitIssue, HBO, 1989
Director (with Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb, and Bob Eisenhardt) and cinematographer, Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia (also known as Soldiers of Music), PBS, 1991
Principal photography, Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway, PBS, 1992
Director and producer (both with Froemke and Deborah Dickson), Abortion: Desperate Choices, HBO, 1992
Cinematographer and director, Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Duet, PBS, 1992
Director and cinematographer, Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '92, HBO, 1992
Cinematographer, Let the Good Times Roll, PBS, 1993
Director, executive producer, and camera operator, Conversations withthe Rolling Stones, VH-1, 1995
Cinematographer, "Accent on the Offbeat," Great Performances, PBS,1995
Director, producer, and cinematographer, "Letting Go: A Hospice Journey,"America Undercover, HBO, 1996
Series
Director and cinematographer, With the Filmmaker: Portraits by AlbertMaysles, 2001
Television Appearances
Specials
Himself, The Beatles Revolution, ABC, 2000
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With David Maysles) Salesman, New American Library, 1969
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volumes 29-32, first revision, Gale, 1978
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 16, Gale, 1981
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

New York Times, February 13, 1994
New Yorker, March 21, 1994, p. 162
Billboard, November 5, 1994, p. 50

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