1970Nominee
Best Performance
Gimme Shelter
Albert Maysles
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
November 26, 1926
Biography
Albert Maysles (with his brother David) was an American documentary filmmaker known for his work in the "Direct Cinema" style. Their best-known films together include Salesman (1969), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1975).
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Representative Works
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Critical Favorites
1969Nominee
Best Director
Salesman
2006Winner
Best Director
Stolen
Career Highlights
1996Highlight
Best Director
When We Were Kings
2015Highlight
Best Director
In Transit
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Gimme Shelter
Salesman
When We Were Kings