Oh No: Rolling Stones filmmaker Albert Maysles dies aged 88

Albert Maysles, whose 1970 film Gimme Shelter followed the Rolling Stones on their US tour, has died aged 88.

Maysles "created groundbreaking films, inspired filmmakers and touched all those with his humanity, presence and his belief in the power of love," his family said.

Gimme Shelter captured the stabbing to death of a fan at the Rolling Stones performance at the Altamont festival.


Maysles film-making brother David died in 1987.

Between them, the brothers made more than 50 films and were considered among the most prominent figures in documentary films and developed the art of making non-fiction, fly-on-the-wall films without the use of scripts, sets or narration.

The brothers were nominated for an Oscar in 1974 for best documentary short subject for their film Christo's Valley Curtain.