Albert Maysles, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer feature-length nonfiction movies that used lightweight, hand-held cameras to spontaneously record the lives of both the famous ...

Albert Maysles, with brother David, made two different films about two different rock-and-roll bands five years apart, but to this day he can’t think of one without immediately thinking of the other.

Albert Maysles is a living legend, one-part of arguably the most influential documentary filmmaking team ever. In 2000, Chronicle contributor Anne S. Lewis spoke with Albert on the occasion of his ...

Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles died last night at the age of 88. Maysles and his late brother, David, essentially created the verite style of documentary filmmaking: the fly-on-the-wall, ...

The Maysles brothers’ documentary on ‘Big’ and ‘Little’ Edie Beale will be celebrated for its film merits and lingering influence on pop culture. To truly comprehend the classic 1975 documentary “Grey ...

Just 7 years old when her father, David Maysles, died, Celia Maysles examines his life – and her loss – in Wild Blue Yonder. Enter Celia, in her late 20s and working as a social worker. She decides to ...