Albert Maysles (with his brother David) was an American documentary filmmaker known for his work in the "Direct Cinema" style. Their best-known films together include Salesman (1969), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1975).
Known For
Gimme Shelter
(1970)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Psychiatry in Russia
(1955)
Director
Russian Close-Up
(1957)
Director
Safari Ya Gari
(1961)
Director
Adventures on the New Frontier
(1961)
Director
Anastasia
(1962)
Director
Showman
(1963)
Director
IBM: A Self Portrait
(1964)
Director
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
(1964)
Director
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
(1964)
Director
Cut Piece
(1965)
Director
Meet Marlon Brando
(1966)
Director
With Love from Truman
(1966)
Director
Orson Welles in Spain
(1966)
Director
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
(1966)
Director
Experiment on 114th Street
(1968)
Director
Salesman
(1969)
Director
Gimme Shelter
(1970)
Director
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
(1970)
Director
Christo's Valley Curtain
(1974)
Director
Grey Gardens
(1976)
Director
The Burks of Georgia
(1976)
Director
Running Fence
(1977)
Director
Muhammad and Larry
(1980)
Director
Ozawa
(1985)
Director
Horowitz Plays Mozart
(1987)
Director
Islands
(1987)
Director
Christo in Paris
(1990)
Director
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
(1990)
Director
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
(1991)
Director
Soldiers of Music
(1991)
Director
Abortion: Desperate Choices
(1992)
Director
Umbrellas
(1994)
Director
Accent on the Offbeat
(1995)
Director
Letting Go: A Hospice Journey
(1996)
Director
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center
(1997)
Director
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
(2001)
Director
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
(2001)
Director
This Is an Adventure
(2005)
Director
The Beales of Grey Gardens
(2006)
Director
Addiction
(2007)
Director
The Gates
(2008)
Director
Muhammad and Larry
(2009)
Director
The Love We Make
(2011)
Director
Making The Royal Tenenbaums
(2012)
Director
The Secret of Trees
(2013)
Director
Iris
(2014)
Director
In Transit
(2015)
Director
Acting
The Maysles Brothers
(1969)
Gimme Shelter
(1970)
Self
Grey Gardens
(1976)
Self (uncredited)
Horowitz: A Reminiscence
(1993)
Self (Archive Footage)
Michael Moore Hates America
(2004)
Himself
After Frank
(2005)
Self
The Beales of Grey Gardens
(2006)
Self
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
(2007)
Himself
Morris Engel: The Independent
(2008)
Self
Capturing Reality
(2008)
Self
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
(2011)
Self
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
(2016)
Self
Writing
Camera
Psychiatry in Russia
(1955)
Director of Photography
Russian Close-Up
(1957)
Director of Photography
Integration Report 1
(1960)
Camera Operator
Primary
(1960)
Director of Photography and Camera Operator
Yanki No!
(1960)
Director of Photography
Safari Ya Gari
(1961)
Director of Photography
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
(1964)
Director of Photography
The Face on the Cover
(1964)
Director of Photography
Six in Paris
(1965)
Director of Photography
Orson Welles in Spain
(1966)
Director of Photography
With Love from Truman
(1966)
Director of Photography
Monterey Pop
(1968)
Camera Operator
Salesman
(1969)
Director of Photography
Gimme Shelter
(1970)
Director of Photography
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
(1970)
Director of Photography
Grey Gardens
(1976)
Director of Photography
The Grateful Dead
(1977)
Director of Photography
Horowitz: The Last Romantic
(1985)
Director of Photography
Jimi Plays Monterey
(1987)
Camera Operator
Shake! Otis at Monterey
(1987)
Camera Operator
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
(1990)
Director of Photography
Abortion: Desperate Choices
(1992)
Director of Photography
When We Were Kings
(1996)
Director of Photography
Letting Go: A Hospice Journey
(1996)
Director of Photography
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
(2001)
Camera Operator
Ilona, Upstairs
(2004)
Camera Operator
The Jeff Koons Show
(2004)
Director of Photography
This Is an Adventure
(2005)
Director of Photography
The Beales of Grey Gardens
(2006)
Director of Photography
Stolen
(2006)
Director of Photography
Four Seasons Lodge
(2008)
Director of Photography
Soul Power
(2008)
Director of Photography
The Gates
(2008)
Director of Photography
Muhammad and Larry
(2009)
Director of Photography
South of the Border
(2009)
Director of Photography
Making The Royal Tenenbaums
(2012)
Camera Intern
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
(2014)
Director of Photography
In Transit
(2015)
Director of Photography
Production
Russian Close-Up
(1957)
Producer
Safari Ya Gari
(1961)
Producer
Cut Piece
(1965)
Producer
Orson Welles in Spain
(1966)
Producer
With Love from Truman
(1966)
Producer
Salesman
(1969)
Producer
Grey Gardens
(1976)
Producer
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
(1989)
Executive Producer
Abortion: Desperate Choices
(1992)
Producer
Editing
With Love from Truman
(1966)
Editor
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
(2008)
Editor
Crew
Meet Marlon Brando
(1966)
Cinematography
Christo in Paris
(1990)
Cinematography
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
(2002)
Cinematography
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
(2008)
Cinematography
Muhammad and Larry
(2009)
Cinematography
The Secret of Trees
(2013)
Cinematography