article_snippet: Maysles was born November 26, 1926, in Boston and raised in nearby Brookline, Massachusetts.
article_snippet: Maysles got a B.A. at Syracuse University and a masters at Boston University, where Maysles subsequently taught.
article_snippet: During World War II, Maysles was stationed at the U.S. Army's Headquarters Intelligence School in Oberammergau, Germany.