Biography
Albert Maysles was a pioneer of Direct Cinema who was, along with his late brother David, the first to make nonfiction feature films, where the drama of life unfolds as is without scripts, sets, interviews or narration. Among his more than 40 films are some of the most iconic works in documentary history, including Salesman, Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens.
Albert received a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Peabody Awards, three Emmy Awards, six Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Columbia DuPont Award, and the award for best cinematography at Sundance for Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001), which was also nominated for an Academy Award. Eastman Kodak has saluted him as one of the world's 100 finest cinematographers. In 2014, Albert received the National Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama.
Director
| Movies | |
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| 1992 |
Baroque Diet |
Sports Ilustrated: Swimsuit '92 |
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Cinematographer
| Movies | |
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| 1965 |
Six in Paris |
| Documentaries | |
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| 2015 |
In Transit |
| 2014 |
Iris |
| 2011 |
The Love We Make |
| 2010 |
More Than a Paycheck: Mitchum Presents America's Hardest Workers (TV movie) |
| 2009 |
30 for 30 (series) |
Muhammad and Larry (S01E04) |
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| 2008 |
Close Up: Portraits (TV movie) |
President to Remember, A |
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| 2007 |
Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness |
The Gates |
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| 2006 |
When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan |
| 2005 |
Pretty Things (TV movie) |
This Is an Adventure |
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| 2000 |
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (TV movie) |
| 1997 |
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center |
| 1996 |
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-1995 |
| 1991 |
Soldiers of Music |
| 1990 |
Christo in Paris |
| 1987 |
Horowitz Plays Mozart |
Islands (TV movie) |
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| 1986 |
Jimi Plays Monterey |
| 1985 |
Ozawa |
Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic |
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| 1976 |
The Burks of Georgia |
| 1975 |
Grey Gardens |
| 1969 |
Salesman |
| 1968 |
Monterey Pop |
| 1966 |
A Visit with Truman Capote |
Meet Marlon Brando |
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Orson Welles - Spain (Unfinished) |
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| 1964 |
What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (TV movie) |
| 1963 |
Showman |
| 1960 |
On the Pole |
Primary |
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| Short | |
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| 1987 |
Shake!: Otis at Monterey |
| 1960 |
Integration Report 1 |
Guest
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| 2016 |
The 88th Annual Academy Awards - a.f. |
| 1998 |
Na plovárně |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
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| 1975 |
Grey Gardens |
| 1969 |
Salesman |
| 1966 |
A Visit with Truman Capote |
| 1963 |
Showman |
Actor
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| 2011 |
Lady and the Taxi Driver, The |
| Series | |
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| 1955 |
Camera Three |
| Documentaries | |
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| 2012 |
How the Brits Rocked America (series) |
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself |
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| 2008 |
Capturing Reality |
Morris Engel: The Independent |
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| 2007 |
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory |
Manufacturing Dissent |
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Wild Blue Yonder |
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| 2006 |
The Beales of Grey Gardens |
| 2005 |
Pretty Things (TV movie) |
| 2004 |
Tell Them Who You Are |
| 2003 |
New Scenes from America |
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road (series) |
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| 2002 |
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (TV movie) |
Independent View (series) |
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Indie Truth: An Inquiry Into the Documentary (TV movie) |
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| 2000 |
The Beatles Revolution (TV movie) |
| 1999 |
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment |
| 1984 |
Kennwort Kino (series) |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
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| 1966 |
A Visit with Truman Capote |