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Albert and David Maysles were a documentary filmmaking/brother team whose works include ''''.

David Maysles, the younger brother, was born on January 10 1931 in Boston , and died in 1987 .

Albert Maysles was born on November 26 1926 in Boston and has continued to make films on his own since his brother's death

Jean-Luc Godard once called Albert Maysles "the best American cameraman". {Link without Title} He was given a lifetime achievement award at Czech film festival AFO in 2005. He is working on his own autobiographical documentary. In 2005 he founded the Maysles Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides training and apprenticeships to underprivileged individuals.


FILMOGRAPHY OF ALBERT AND DAVID MAYSLES

  • ''Anastasia'' (1962)

  • ''Showman'' (1963)

  • ''Orson Welles In Spain'' (1963)

  • ''What's Happening! The Beatles in America'' (1964)

  • ''IBM: A Self-Portrait'' (1964)

  • ''Meet Marlon Brando '' (1965)

  • ''Cut Piece'' (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)



FILMOGRAPHY BY ALBERT MAYSLES

  • ''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)

  • ''Accent on the Offbeat'' (1994, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson)

  • ''Letting Go: A Hospice Journey'' (1996, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson)

  • ''Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center'' (1997, with Susan Froemke, Bob Eisenhardt)

  • ''Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton'' (2000, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson)

  • ''The Gates'' (2007, with Antonio Ferrera)



FURTHER READING

  • Dave Saunders, ''Direct Cinema: Observational Documentary and the Politics of the Sixties'', London, Wallflower Press 2007



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