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Albert Maysles (November 26, 1926 – March 5, 2015) and his brother David Maysles (January 10, 1931 – January 3, 1987; / ˈ m eɪ z ɛ l z / MAY-zelz) were an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the Direct Cinema style.
Albert and David Maysles, American documentary filmmakers who worked in a cinema verite style that was sensitive and compassionate as well as revelatory. Their best-known movies were Salesman (1969), about door-to-door Bible salesmen; Gimme Shelter (1970), about the 1969 Rolling Stones tour; and Grey Gardens (1975).
Two of America’s foremost non-fiction filmmakers, Albert Maysles and his brother David (1932-1987) are recognized as pioneers of “direct cinema,” the distinctly American version of French “cinema verité.”
Grey Gardens is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, upper-class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a derelict mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.
Mar 6, 2015 · Albert Maysles, the award-winning documentarian who, with his brother, David, made intensely talked-about films, including “Grey Gardens” and “Gimme Shelter,” with their American version ...
A classic in the “direct cinema” genre, which brothers David and Albert Maysles pioneered through such films as Salesman (1968) and Gimme Shelter (1970), Grey Gardens is the story of “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter “Little Edie” and the overgrown, crumbling East Hampton mansion they shared for decades with assorted ...
Maysles Films was a leading force in non-fiction film since the 1960’s. Albert Maysles, acknowledged by the New York Times in May, 2002 as the dean of documentary filmmaking, was one of the early creators of direct cinema along with his brother, David Maysles.
