FILMMAKER IN THE SPOTLIGHT: ALBERT MAYSLES
DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIO IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MAYSLES FILMS

HAND-HELD AND FROM THE HEARTS (working title, trailer)



Albert Maysles, Susan Steinberg

Production company: Maysles Films, Inc.
Cinematography: Albert Maysles, Robert Leacock, Antonio Ferrera

Source: Maysles Film Inc.
250 West 54 Street, Penthouse
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212.582.6050
Fax: 212.582.2057
e-mail: tanja@mayslesfilms.com
www.mayslesfilms.com


Albert Maysles, the first recipient of the Chicago International Documentary Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, is celebrating 50 years in filmmaking this year, and is honored here for having forged new directions in documentary through his passion, pursuit of truth, innovative techniques and independent style. Albert and his late brother David (1932 - 1987) are recognized as pioneers of "direct cinema", a riveting, non-interventional approach to documentary filmmaking. They were among the first to capture the drama of human life as it unfolded before their camera: without scripts, sets, or narration.
As part of this master class, Albert Maysles will show two six-minute trailers from non-fiction features-in-progress. Hand-held and from the Heart is a self-portrait in his own words and images and includes conversations between himself and people who have been most important to his personal and professional life. The Gates, part of his on-going collaboration with the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, documents the installation of 7,500 gateways covered in flying saffron fabric in New York's Central Park for 16 days this past February.

SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2005 AT 1.00 PM / CHOPIN THEATRE
SCREENING WITH THE GATES