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David Maysles Biography (1933-1987)

Born 1933, in Boston, MA; died following a stroke in New York, NY, January 3,1987; married; children: one son, one daughter.

David Maysles and his brother became known for their "direct cinema" approachto filmmaking. Utilizing hand-held cameras to capture slices of daily life,they made over two dozen nonfiction features since forming their company.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

1933

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Assistant to producer, Bus Stop, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• The Prince and the Showgirl, 1957.
• (With brother, Albert) Producer, Showman, 1962.
• (With brother) producer and co-director, Salesman, 1968.
• (With brother) Gimme Shelter, Cinema V, 1970.
• (With brother) Christo's Valley Curtain, 1973.
• (With brother, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and Susan Froemke) Grey Gardens, 1976.
• (With brother) Running Fence, 1976.
• (With brother, Froemke, Deborah Dickson, and Pat Jaffe) Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic, 1983.
• (With brother, Froemke, and Dickson) Ozawa, 1984.
• Islands, 1985.
• Also What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A., Meet Marlon Brando, andother nonfiction features and television films, including Blue Yonder, upcoming.

Recent Updates

June 3, 2005: The Maysles' brothers documentary Grey Gardens was adapted as a stage musical by Dough Wright and Scott Frankel. The play willopen during the 2005-06 season at Playwrights Horizon in New York. Source: New York Times, www.nytimes.com, June 3, 2005.