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Maysles, David

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Personal name headingMaysles, David
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See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Maysles Films
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Birth date1931-01-10
Death date1987-01-03
Place of birthBrookline (Mass.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityDocumentary films Documentary television programs
Documentary films--Production and direction Documentary television programs--Production and direction Cinematography
Profession or occupationMotion picture producers and directors Television producers and directors Cinematographers
Found inVladimir Horowitz [VR] c1987: credits (David Maysles)
The direct cinema of David and Albert Maysles, c2005: ECIP t.p. (David Maysles) data view (d. 1987)
IMDb (online), viewed on September 16, 2020: Maysles' landing page (director, cinematographer, producer) biography (born January 10, 1931, in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; died January 3, 1987, in New York City, New York, USA; brother of and collaborator with Albert Maysles; male) filmography (chiefly credited as director of film and television documentaries; additional credits as cinematographer and producer; some credits as editor and for sound; active as director since 1963) personal details (alternate names: The Maysles Brothers, David C. Maysles, David P. Maysles)
   <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563100/>
Maysles Films, Inc. (online), viewed on September 16, 2020: history (one of the early creators of direct cinema along with brother Albert)
   <http://mayslesfilms.com/history/>
New York times, March 6, 2015 (online), viewed on September 16, 2020: movies, article "Albert Maysles, pioneering documentarian, dies at 88" (the Maysles brothers established Maysles Films in 1962)
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/movies/albert-maysles-pioneering-documentarian-dies-at-88.html>