Albert Maysles

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments While not exactly a collaborative project on the scale of an Albert Maysles film, this book would not exist without the strong help and contribution of several individuals. My thanks to James Naremore for inviting me to contribute a volume to this series and for supporting my choice of Albert Maysles. At Hunter College, Sam Di Iorio supplied me with a wealth of material and shared with me his keen insights into Maysles’s films. Also at Hunter, Ivone Margulies continues to be a model friend and colleague. Special thanks to Catherine Russell for some necessary research material. Many of my arguments about Grey Gardens were initially presented at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. My thanks to David Gerstner and Paula Massood of CUNY and to Scott Bukatman of Stanford for inviting me to present this material. A PSCCUNY grant provided the necessary financial support. Steve Barnes, as always, provided support, both financial and otherwise. At Maysles Films, Inc., Laura Coxson was responsible for supplying me with copies of many rare Maysles films, and Sara Maysles patiently took me through the company’s photographs, many of which are reproduced in this book. But most of all I must thank Albert Maysles himself. His generosity in relation to the research and production of this book was exemplary, and I only hope that the finished product does his work justice. Albert Maysles ...