Brothers Albert and David Maysles were a documentary filmmaking team whose works include Salesman, Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens. Their 1964 film on The Beatles forms the backbone of the DVD The First U.S. Visit. David Maysles (born January 10, 1931, Boston, Massachusetts) died in 1987; Albert Maysles (born November 26, 1926, Boston, Massachusetts), whom Jean-Luc Godard called "the best American cameraman," ^* has continued to make films, with new collaborators.

He was given a lifetime achievement award at Czech film festival AFO in 2005 at the age of 79. He was the subject of a direct-cinema profile documenting his visit by American filmmaker Christopher Seufert and he is also the subject of his own autobiographical documentary, which has yet to be released by Maysles Associates.

Filmography

• Showman (1963)
• What's Happening! The Beatles in America (1964)
• Meet Marlon Brando (1965)
• With Love from Truman (1966, with Charlotte Zwerin)
• Salesman (1968) (with Charlotte Zwerin)
• Journey to Jerusalem (1968)
• Gimme Shelter (1970, with Charlotte Zwerin)
• Christo's Valley Curtain (1974, with Ellen Hovde)
• Grey Gardens (1976, with Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke)
• The Burks of Georgia (1976, with Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer)
• Running Fence (1978, with Charlotte Zwerin)
• Muhammad and Larry (1980)
• Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Pat Jaffe)
• Ozawa (1985, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson)
• Islands (1986, with Charlotte Zwerin)
• Christo in Paris (1990, with Deborah Dickson and Susan Froemke)

• Psychiatry in Russia (1955)
• Horowitz Plays Mozart (1987, with Susan Froemke, Charlotte Zwerin)
• Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989, with Susan Froemke)
• They Met in Japan (1989, with Susan Froemke)
• Soldiers of Music: Rostropovich Returns to Russia (1991, with Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb and Bob Eisenhardt)
• Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992, with Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson)
• Baroque Duet (1992, with Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb, Pat Jaffe)

External links

• Maysles Associates, official website
• Lifetime Achievement Award Details
• The Career Cookbook Albert Maysles Profile
• Interview with Albert Maysles in "The Brooklyn Rail"

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