Albert Maysles

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American cinematographer director documentary filmmaker person

Albert Maysles was an influential American documentary filmmaker renowned for his pioneering work in the Direct Cinema movement, co-directing landmark films such as "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens."

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Label	Occurrences
Albert Maysles canonical	2
David Maysles	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ cinematographer ⓘ director ⓘ documentary filmmaker ⓘ person ⓘ
awardReceived	Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ
basedIn	Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
coDirector	Gimme Shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ Grey Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ Salesman NERFINISHED ⓘ
coDirectorWith	David Maysles NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounded	Maysles Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1926-11-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2015-03-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Boston University NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse University NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	Maysles NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	documentary film ⓘ
founded	Maysles Documentary Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	handheld camera work ⓘ intimate portraits of subjects ⓘ pioneering Direct Cinema techniques ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
movement	Direct Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ cinéma vérité ⓘ
name	Albert Maysles NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Christo’s Valley Curtain NERFINISHED ⓘ Gimme Shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ Grey Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ Meet Marlon Brando NERFINISHED ⓘ Primary NERFINISHED ⓘ Running Fence NERFINISHED ⓘ Salesman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	cinematographer ⓘ documentary filmmaker ⓘ film director ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sibling	David Maysles NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	observational documentary ⓘ

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Direct Cinema → notablePractitioner → Albert Maysles ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Maysles

Altamont Free Concert → filmedBy → Albert Maysles ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Maysles