Albert Maysles

Albert Maysles

I was lucky enough to met this legendary documentary filmmaker last year at a dinner. Albert captures the fragility of people’s lives. His stories are tales of great courage. 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.” They earned their distinguished reputations by being the first to make non-fiction feature films – films in which the drama of human life unfolds as is, without scripts, sets, or narration.

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    Maysles Films, Inc.
    Legendary documentary film makers, David and Albert Maysles online library. These historic films include the Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’, the original ‘Meet the Beatles’, Marlon Brando, Vladimir Horowitz, and on, and on…

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