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Albert Maysles

American documentary filmmaker; half of the duo Albert and David Maysles (1926-2015)

1.60body-of-work score · ranked #600 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 26, 1926 · Boston
Died
March 5, 2015 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, cinematographer, camera operator, documentarian
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Albert Maysles
Peabody Awards · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Salesman

    1969 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Siskel's annual top 10 1970 #7

    0.724 citations
  2. 2
    Grey Gardens

    1975 · United States · documentary

    National Film Registry (inducted 2010) · Criterion Collection spine #123

    0.392 citations
  3. 3
    Gimme Shelter

    1970 · United States · documentary

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #99

    0.332 citations
  4. 4
    The Beales of Grey Gardens

    2006 · United States · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #361

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.