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Albert Maysles

Cinematographer | Director | Producer

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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 654-659 (under "Albert and David Maysles"). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more trivia »

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in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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Hide HideCinematographer (71 titles)
2013 Keith Haring & the Moving Mural (documentary) (filming)
 
2012 Hollywood Renegade (documentary) (post-production)
 
2013 The Secret of Trees (documentary short)
 
2011/VI One Night Stand
 
2011 The Love We Make (TV documentary)
 
2009 Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (video documentary short)
 
2009 30 for 30 (TV series)
– Muhammad and Larry (2009)
 
2009 South of the Border (documentary)
 
2008 Close Up: Portraits (TV documentary)
 
2008 Soul Power (documentary)
 
2008 A President to Remember (documentary)
 
2008 Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy (documentary short)
 
2008 A Case of Mistaken Identity? (TV documentary)
 
2008 Four Seasons Lodge (documentary)
 
2007 Close-Up: Photographers at Work (TV documentary)
 
2005-2007 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway (2007)
– Stolen (2005)
 
2007 Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness (documentary)
 
2007 Scapegoat on Trial
 
2006 The Beales of Grey Gardens (documentary)
 
2006 When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (documentary)
 
2006 Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story (documentary)
 
2006 Stolen (documentary)
 
2005 Pretty Things (TV documentary)
 
2005 This Is an Adventure (video documentary)
 
2005 Sean O'Casey: Under a Coloured Cap (TV documentary)
 
2005 Coffee Beans for a Life - Mein Überleben in Kolbuszowa (documentary)
 
2005 The Gates (documentary)
 
2004 In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith (documentary)
 
2004 A Dog's Life: A Dogamentary (documentary)
 
2004 The Jeff Koons Show (TV documentary)
 
2004 Capital: Impressions of Early Empire (documentary)
 
2002 Stages: Three Days in Mexico - Britney Spears (video documentary)
 
2001 With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Paris Review: Early Chapters (video)
 
2001 LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (TV documentary)
 
1997 Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (documentary)
 
1996 Dem deutschen Volke (documentary)
 
1996 Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (documentary)
 
1996 When We Were Kings (documentary)
 
1994 Umbrellas (documentary)
 
1992 Baroque Duet (director of photography)
 
1992 Abortion: Desperate Choices (TV documentary)
 
1991 Soldiers of Music (documentary)
 
1991 The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (video documentary)
 
1990 Christo in Paris (documentary)
 
1989 Shake!: Otis at Monterey (documentary short)
 
1989 Making of the Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue (TV documentary)
 
1989 Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (documentary)
 
1987 Islands (TV documentary)
 
1987 Horowitz Plays Mozart (video documentary)
 
1986 Jimi Plays Monterey (documentary)
 
1985 Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (TV documentary)
 
1985 Ozawa (TV documentary)
 
1980 Muhammad and Larry (documentary short)
 
1977 Running Fence (documentary)
 
1975 Grey Gardens (documentary)
 
1974 Christo's Valley Curtain (documentary short)
 
1970 Gimme Shelter (documentary) (filmed by / as The Maysles Brothers)
 
1970 Great Performances (TV series)
– Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis in Baroque Duet
 
1968 Monterey Pop (documentary)
 
1968 Salesman (documentary)
 
1966 Meet Marlon Brando (documentary short)
 
1966 With Love from Truman (documentary short)
 
1965 Six in Paris (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
 
1965 Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (short)
 
1964 What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (TV documentary)
 
1963 Showman (documentary)
 
1960 ABC Close-Up! (TV series documentary)
– Yanki, No! (1960)
 
1960 Primary (documentary)
 
1957 Youth in Poland
 
1955 Psychiatry in Russia (documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (43 titles)
2013 The Secret of Trees (documentary short)
 
2011 The Love We Make (TV documentary)
 
2009 Rufus Wainwright: Milwaukee at Last!!! (video)
 
2009 Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (video documentary short)
 
2009 30 for 30 (TV series)
– Muhammad and Larry (2009)
 
2008 Close Up: Portraits (TV documentary)
 
2007 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway (2007)
 
2007 Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness (documentary)
 
2007 Addiction (TV documentary) (segment "A Mother's Desperation")
 
2006 The Beales of Grey Gardens (documentary)
 
2006 Time Piece (documentary) (segment "Ida, Ella & Willa")
 
2005 This Is an Adventure (video documentary)
 
2005 The Gates (documentary)
 
2001 With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles (TV series documentary)
 
2001 LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (TV documentary)
 
1997 Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (documentary)
 
1996 Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (documentary)
 
1994 Conversations with the Rolling Stones (TV documentary)
 
1994 Umbrellas (documentary)
 
1992 Sports Ilustrated: Swimsuit '92 (video)
 
1992 Baroque Duet
 
1992 Abortion: Desperate Choices (TV documentary)
 
1991 Soldiers of Music (documentary)
 
1991 The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (video documentary)
 
1990 Christo in Paris (documentary)
 
1989 Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (documentary)
 
1987 Islands (TV documentary)
 
1987 Horowitz Plays Mozart (video documentary)
 
1986 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
 
1985 Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (TV documentary)
 
1985 Ozawa (TV documentary)
 
1980 Muhammad and Larry (documentary short)
 
1977 Running Fence (documentary)
 
1975 Grey Gardens (documentary)
 
1974 Christo's Valley Curtain (documentary short)
 
1970 Gimme Shelter (documentary)
 
1968 Salesman (documentary)
 
1966 Meet Marlon Brando (documentary short)
 
1966 With Love from Truman (documentary short)
 
1964 What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (TV documentary)
 
1963 Showman (documentary)
 
1957 Youth in Poland
 
1955 Psychiatry in Russia (documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
2008 A President to Remember (documentary) (producer - segment "Primary")
 
2007 Scapegoat on Trial (producer)
 
2005 The Gates (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Conversations with the Rolling Stones (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) (executive producer)
 
1975 Grey Gardens (documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Christo's Valley Curtain (documentary short) (producer)
 
1968 Salesman (documentary) (producer)
 
1959 Opening in Moscow (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (8 titles)
2006 Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
2006 Stolen (documentary) (camera operator)
 
2005 This Is an Adventure (video documentary) (camera operator)
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Stolen (2005) (camera operator)
 
2004 Ilona, Upstairs (short) (camera operator)
 
2001/I On Common Ground (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
1974 Janis (documentary) (additional photography)
 
1960 Primary (documentary) (photographer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV series documentary) (archival source - 1 episode)
– Turning Up the Heat (2011) (archival source)
 
2010 My So-Called Enemy (documentary) (advisor: boardroom)
 
2009 Grey Gardens (TV movie) (adviser to the production)
 
2003 Capturing the Friedmans (documentary) (particularly good advice)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2007 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway (2007) (original story)
 
1997 Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (10 titles)
2009 Grey Gardens (TV movie) (thanks)
 
2008 Morris Engel: The Independent (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Twenty-Seven Stories (short) (special thanks)
 
2006 All the King's Men (special thanks)
 
2005 Yellow Brick Road (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2003 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Los Trabajadores/The Workers (2003) (special thanks)
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1997 Bye-Bye Babushka (special thanks)
 
1996 The Daytrippers (thanks: Maysles Films Inc.)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (32 titles)
2011 Reflections on Media Ethics (documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 The Lady and the Taxi Driver
Himself
 
2008 Capturing Reality (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Morris Engel: The Independent (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Shine a Light (documentary)
Himself - Camera in Hand
 
2008 Citizen 3.0 (documentary)
 
2007 Wild Blue Yonder (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Close-Up: Photographers at Work (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Kennwort Kino (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Unter Brüdern (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (documentary)
Himself - Documentary Filmmaker
 
2007 My Nose (documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 How It Is with Phooie (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Beales of Grey Gardens (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Na plovárne (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Pretty Things (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Ghosts of Grey Gardens (short)
Himself
 
2004 Michael Moore Hates America (documentary)
Himself - Documentary Filmaker
 
2004 Tell Them Who You Are (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 New Scenes from America (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Indie Truth: An Inquiry Into the Documentary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Independent View (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Beatles Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (documentary)
 
1985 Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1975 Grey Gardens (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 Gimme Shelter (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1969 Camera Three (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– The Maysles Brothers (1969) … Himself - Interviewee
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
 

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The Beales of Grey Gardens -- From Grey Gardens filmmakers Albert and David Maysles comes a tribute to the eccentric East Hampton recluses (and counterculture icons) Big and Little Edie Beale, and to their landmark documentary's legions of fans. The Lady and the Taxi Driver -- The Beaumonts, starring Heidi Wallace and Abe Shainberg, will have to decide whether they'll have a vegan or a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Written and directed by Sophiah Sarah Koikas The Jeff Koons Show -- Trailer for The Jeff Koons Show
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Alternate Names:

The Maysles Brothers | Al Maysles

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Personal Quote:

The film is sort of the the beginning of a love affair between the filmmakers and the subjects. Some filmmakers make targets of the subjects they film; that's not our way. See more »

Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 654-659 (under "Albert and David Maysles"). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius